Title: Halq'eméylem / Lesson: How the Robin got his red breast

hal: Let’sáxw kw'ulhíthelh telo swíyqe stl'is kw’es malyís.
english: Once a long time ago there was a man who wanted to marry

hal: La ímex la te ew st'elt’eláwtxw.
english: He went to the next village

hal: Kw’étslexwes the sháli.
english: He saw a woman

hal: Ts’áts'el eyéle.
english: She had very long hair

hal: Qesu hókwexes the th’áth’x̱eyt s'íth’em
english: and she wore a beaded dress

hal: Ewe stl'íses kw'es malyítes tútl'o.
english: He didn’t want to marry her

hal: Tl'osu ímex xwelá te ew st'elt’eláwtxw.
english: So he went toward the next village

hal: Kw’étslexwes the slháli tútl'o.
english: He saw a woman

hal: Ts'íts'etl'meth' qesu hókwexes te x̱epáy lopōs ew.
english: She was short, and she wore a cedar cape

hal: Ewe stl'íses kw’es malyítes thútl'o.
english: He didn’t want to marry her

hal: Tl'os ulh ímex xwelá te ew st'elt’eláwtxw.
english: So he went toward the next village

hal: Kw'étslexwes te slhxwálhs slháli.
english: He saw a third woman

hal: Ts'áts'el iyómex
english: She was very beautiful

hal: Qesu hókwexes te tl'ítl'eptel sthethíy te tskwálem sth’ím
english: And she wore a skirt made of little red berries

hal: Stl'is kw’es malyítes thelo slháli tskwim te slewíws
english: He wanted to marry that woman with the red skirt

hal: Xwe’alqélmetem ye ts'elhxwexwélmexw,
english: He was taken in by the families

hal: Qesu thiyá:lhtem shxwlís kw’es í:tets cha.
english: And they made up a where he would sleep

hal: Skw'ay kw'es mélqtes te tl'ítl'eptel
english: He couldn’t forget the skirt:

hal: "0 yethá tskwálem sth’ím yetha tskwálem sth’eth’ím"
english: “Oh those little red berries, those many little red berries”

hal: Lá: ts'tá:m qesu thex̱láxwes te tl'itl'éptel
english: He went crawling around and he found the skirt

hal: Thetíwel kw'es olu kw’ókw'iy.
english: He thought to himself that he was very hungry

hal: “Kw’ekw’elóses o” thetíwel tútl'o.
english: “Just few of them in the mouth” he thought to himself

hal: Skw’ay kw’es hoys tútl'o.
english: He couldn’t stop.

hal: Thetíwel tútl'o:
english: He thought to himself:

hal: “Kw'ay kw'es hoys ílhtellóthels te tskwálem”
english: It’s impossible to stop eating those red things

hal: Te sqe'óleqws te tskwim sth'im th'áq'em xwelá te sí'les tútl'o.
english: The juice of the red berries dripped down his chest.

hal: Tl'o shxwtalíms kw’es kwélexwes te tskwim sí'les te skw'okw’qáq.
english: That is how the robin got his red chest.