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2: Leq'álqel
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4: Shxw'íyem
5: S'álhtel qas te Sqó:qe
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6: Tháytem te Skwúkwel Syó:ys
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7: Í te S'álhtel Letám
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8: Xwe'ít te Swáyel
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9: Leq'áleqel
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10: Shxw'íyem
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11: Líchxw Smámalyí?
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12: S'álhtel qas te Sqó
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13: Xwe'ít te Swáyel
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14: Leq'álqel
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15: Shxwe'íyem
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16: Ye Mestíyexw
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22: Í:lhtel
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50: Skwúl
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4: Shxw'íyem - Intermediate Spoken Halq'eméylem 4: Health

Shxw'íyem 4A

A
Léts'e t'óqw'tem kw'ses q'óq'iy the Cheyl.
Jane has been sick a week.
B
Lí chó:kw te shxwelís te lá:léms?
[lit. Is the place of her house far?]
Does she live very far away?
A
Éwe. Lí iyólem kw'es lámtset kw'átset thútl'ó?
No. Is it okay if we go see her?
B
Á:'a. Iyólem kw'es lámtset kw'átset thútl'ó.
Yes. It’s alright if we go see her.

Shxw'íyem 4B

A
Híth kw'es éwelhs lá átl'qelómet the Chéyl telí te lá:léms. Q'ó:q'í thútl'ó.
Jane couldn’t leave her house for a long time. She was sick.
B
Lí stetís te lá:léms?
Is her house nearby?
A
Á:'a. Lí ew iyólem kw'es lámtset kw'átset thútl'ó?
Yes. Would it be okay if we went to see her?
B
Á':a. Iyólem kw'es lámtset kw'átset thútl'ó.
Yes. We can go see her.

Audio Halq'eméylem English
p'áth'tel needle
t'ó:t' poor thing! you poor thing! poor little one!
p'íth'et to squeeze it, squeeze (tr.)
tesós to suffer, have a hard time, poor, unfortunate
q'óq'iy sickness (also sperm)
q'áp' contract a disease, catch a disease, get addi
shxwp'áp'eth' sewing machine
atl'qelómet (manage to) go outside, to get out, to escape
mítl' come!
p'áth' to sew, do sewing
q'ep'lómet catch a disease
teséslómet pitiful

Audio Halq'eméylem English
Éwetal lheq'élexw ílh q'óq'íy the Chéyl lí te lá:léms. I didn’t know Jane was sick at home.
Líchexw lheq'élexw lís eléts'e kw'es stás the Chéyl? Do you know where Jane lives?
Iyólem kw'es lámtset kw'átset thútl'ó we lís q'óq'ey lí te lá:léms. We should go see her if she’s sick at home.
Tsel kw'éléxw tel sq'óq'i p'éth'tel. I got my shot
Iyólem kw'es lámtset kw'átset the Chéyl lí te lá:léms. Ilh q'óq'ey thútl'ó. We should go see Jane at her house. She's been sick.
Tesós the Chéyl. Q'óq'ey lí te lá:léms. Poor Jane. She's sick at home.
Lí chexw úlh kw'éléxw ta' swá sq'óq'iy p'éth'tel? Did you get your flu shot yet?
Ts'áts'el éy kw'es éwetsel líl q'óq'iy. It’s very good that I haven’t been sick.
Éwelh q'óq'iy tutl'o. He never gets sick.
Lulh léts'e t'óqw'tem kw'es ew lís ó te láléms the Cheyl. Jane’s been at home for a week.
Mítl' lámtset ta' lá:lém. Let's go to your house.
Éwel stl'ís kw'es q'a'plóxes te sq'óq'is thútl'ó. I don’t want to catch her sickness.
Mékw'wat ts'áts'el q'óq'iy. Everyone is really sick.
Híth kw'es q'óq'iys thútl'ó. She has been sick for a long time.
Léts'e t'óqw'tem kw'ses q'óq'iy the Cheyl. Jane has been sick a week.
Híth kw'es éwelhs lá átl'qelómet the Chéyl telí te lá:léms. Q'ó:q'í thútl'ó. Jane couldn’t leave her house for a long time. She was sick.
Lí chó:kw te shxwelís te lá:léms? Does she live very far away?
Lí stetís te lá:léms? Is her house nearby?
Éwe. Lí iyólem kw'es lámtset kw'átset thútl'ó? No. Is it okay if we go see her?
Á:'a. Lí ew iyólem kw'es lámtset kw'átset thútl'ó? Yes. Would it be okay if we went to see her?
Á':a. Iyólem kw'es lámtset kw'átset thútl'ó. Yes. We can go see her.
Á:'a. Iyólem kw'es lámtset kw'átset thútl'ó. Yes. It’s alright if we go see her.

Within the Salish family of languages, some languages are more closely similar to Halq'eméylem than others. The most similar languages in the family are from the central coast region, and include Squamish, Lushootseed, Northern Straits, Clallam, Comox-Sliammon, Pentlatch, Sechelt, Twana, and Nooksack. Pentlatch has been extinct for some time, and Twana and Nooksack are also probably extinct (within the last few generations, Nooksack speakers mainly switched to Halq'eméylem).  These languages are most similar in the sense that they share many recognizably related words, and some grammatical features, with Halq'eméylem (although none of them are mutually intelligible). 

The interior and other languages in the Salishan family are more distantly related to Halq'eméylem, though all the Salish languages have a common history, and share some words and features.

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