Title: Halq'eméylem / Lesson: Legend of X̱als and the tree chiefs

hal: x̲á:ls
english: transformer

hal: shxwelí
english: spirit, life spirit , soul, spirit of a living person

hal: x̲ex̲éylt
english: writing it, writing something

hal: smelmált
english: lots of rocks

hal: x̲ax̲a
english: sacred, holy, taboo

hal: lhe'á
english: go through (somewhere), go via (somewhere), go by way of

hal: íwest
english: to teach, guide someone

hal: x̲tá
english: to do, do this

hal: kwthát
english: to pile it up

hal: x̲éyt
english: transform s-th/s-o, change s-th/s-o

hal: síthikwi
english: Jesus

hal: sqwéltel
english: language

hal: xwélmexw
english: First Nations person

hal: slheq’lómets
english: knowledge

hal: úkw'
english: to run out, get finished, discard

hal: Te x̲ax̲a shxwelí x̲als…
english: The great spirit X̱als

hal: …e leq'áleqel lhe'a te témexw tset.
english: he travelled around on our land.

hal: ste'á te Sithikwi.
english: like Jesus.

hal: í'westes yelo lhexwále si:yá:m…
english: He taught these three leaders…

hal: ... kw'es x̲éx̲éyeltes te Halq'eméylem.
english: …to write Halq’eméylem

hal: Qesu iyólems í'westes...
english: So they can teach it.

hal: …mekw' ye mestíyexw …
english: …. all the people…

hal: …kw'es x̲éyltes te sqwéltels.
english: …to write their language.

hal: Qe éwe lísi x̲tá yutl'ólem
english: But they didn’t do that.

hal: Tl'osu kwthátem o su la x̲á:ytem...
english: So they were heaped into a pile.

hal: Su la xwa smelmílt yutl'ólem.
english: They became stone.

hal: Tl'o kw'es éwe lisi ste'ástexwes...
english: Because they didn’t do it…

hal: …kw'es í'westes kw'e mekw'wát…
english: …to teach everybody…

hal: …kw'es xéyltes te sqwéltels.
english: …to write their language.

hal: Kw'es éwe lísi x̲tá…
english: And because they didn’t do that…

hal: tl'ósu iyólem kw'es mis ye halts'ómexw…
english: so then different people could come.

hal: kw'etxwáls mekw' te slheq'lómets ye xwelxwílmexw.
english: They took all the knowledge from Indigenous people.

hal: Tl'o kwe e'éwe kw'es tóltes...
english: Because they couldn’t learn...

hal: ...kw'es x̲éyltes te sqwéltels..
english: ...to write their language.

hal: Tl'ósu ukw'ólems te slheq'elómets.
english: And so they lost that knowledge.