Title: Halq'eméylem / Lesson: Bear and little Coyote

hal: “á’altha spath qesu tl’o el swa te xalh.”
english: I am Bear, and this road is mine.

hal: xwelelámetes te spath qes te slílk’yap.
english: He was listening to Bear and Coyote.

hal: tl’o te spath e’qwal yewál, tl’ósu thet.
english: It was Bear who spoke first, and he said.

hal: tl’o su xwe ste’áwel te sts’ép’eq kw’es las kwiy la te xalh…
english: So skunks started thinking that he’d climb to the road…

hal: su kwíystexwes te stl’ep’élets
english: He raised his tail

hal: lets‘áxw kw‘es ye ímex te spath lhe’á te xalh
english: Once Bear came walking along the road.

hal: “altha sts’ép’eq qesu el swa te xalh.”
english: „I am Skunk, and this road is mine!“

hal: thet te spath, “áltha spath, tl’o el swa te xalh.”
english: Bear said: I am Bear and this road is mine.

hal: slílk’yap ew ímexósem í te ew tl’o ó xalh.
english: Little Coyote just went for a walk on the exact same road.

hal: éwe lísi q’al te slílk’yap, the:t tutl’o.
english: Little Coyote go around him, and he said.

hal: alxwítsel te xalh te sts’ép’eq qesu theßt
english: Skunk was in the middle of the road and he said

hal: “tsel slílk’yap te'áltha tl’o el swa te xalh.”
english: I am little Coyote, and this road is mine.

hal: tl’o su hélem xwemxálem.
english: And he took off running

hal: iyóthet q’eq’xótel yutl’ólem.
english: They started to argue.

hal: kwa kw’es xwechómes yutl’ólem su tl’élexw.
english: When they met each other, they stopped.

hal: kwéts’lexwes te stl’ep’élets te sts’ép’eq te slílk’yap
english: Little Coyote saw Skunk’s tail

hal: kwéts’lexwes te stl’ep’élets te sts’ép’eq te spath
english: Bear saw Skunk’s tail

hal: tl’élexw tutl’o.
english: He stopped

hal: qesu la te selóthels te xalh xwe’ayam yethá.
english: And then he went to the other side of the road between them

hal: xélts’thet, tl’ósu hélem xwemxálem lhe’á te xalh.
english: He turned around and he took off running along the road

hal: tl’o su xélts’thet tútl’o
english: And then he turned himself around

hal: thet te sts’ép’eq, “chap xwe‘it o?”
english: Skunk said“ what are you guys doing?”

hal: yemí les em tútl’o te slílk’yap.
english: Coming towards him came little Coyote.

hal: tl’ósu tu qwelqwelíwel te sts’ép’eq kw’e tselíl.
english: And so Skunk though about it a little, that it could be.

hal: li te stl’epíqel te sts’ép’eq
english: Down the bank was Skunk.

hal: ...kw’es télexwes lis xwe’ít.
english: …to find out what is going on.

hal: thet te slílk’yap, “tsel slílk’yap te' áltha tl’o el swa te xalh.”
english: Little Coyote said: I am little Coyote, and this road is mine.