Title: Halq'eméylem / Story: Compared to your brother

hal: schewót
english: smart, know how, good at it, clever

hal: swíweles
english: boy, adolescent boy

hal: stó:les
english: wife

hal: sqá:q
english: younger brother or sister, yonger sibling

hal: qéx̲
english: much, many, a lot

hal: qwélstexw
english: to say it

hal: teséthet
english: to approach, get near

hal: háwt
english: hunt something

hal: lá:lem
english: house

hal: lá
english: to go

hal: petá:met
english: to ask him/her/it

hal: tesét
english: put beside

hal: swá
english: one's own

hal: totí:lt
english: learning it, learning something

hal: lam
english: to go

hal: stím
english: fast, hard [of snow, rain, etc.]

hal: chexw xwe'í:t
english: What are you doing?

hal: yeláwel stím
english: (he/she/it/they) is faster

hal: yeláwel híkw
english: bigger

hal: yeláwel éy telí tl'á'altha
english: (he/she/it/they is better than me

hal: qwélstexwóx
english: talk to me

hal: Íti kw'es xwílexs te John. Tl'o te sqáqs te John te swíweles. Wowistéleqmetes wiyóth.
english: Here's John, standing there. That boy is John’s little brother. He’s always jealous of him.

hal: Híkw te lá:lems tl' John. Yeláwel híkw te lá:lems te sqáqs tutl'o John.
english: John has a big house. John’s little brother’s house is bigger.

hal: Tl'eqtámeth' te John. Yeláwel tl'eqtámeth' te sqáqs te John.
english: John is tall. John’s little brother is taller.

hal: Schechéwot te John te lámes há:we. Osu qéx̲ te sxélches.
english: John is good at hunting. He catches a lot.

hal: Yeláwel éy te sqáqs. Qex̲ te swa sxélcha.
english: His little brother is better. He catches a lot (more).

hal: Ye stím te kyo tl' John. Yeláwel stím te kyos te sqáqs.
english: John's car goes fast. But his brother's car goes faster.

hal: “El stl'í kw'es híkws kw'el lá:lem. Olsu ew stl'í kw'els yeláwel tl'eqtámeth' telí tútl'o".
english: “I want to have a big house. And I want to be taller than him."

hal: "Osu el stl'i kw'els yeláwel éy kwe' lamál háwe" xe̲t'e tútl'o.
english: "And I want to be better when I go hunting." he says.

hal: “Olsu stl'i kw'es yálawels xw̲ em kw'el kyo," xe̲t'e tútl'o.
english: He said “I want my car to be faster”.

hal: Osu la tesétes te stóles. Osu petámetes:
english: So he goes up to his wife. And so he asks her:

hal: "Chxew xwe'ít os éwelh qwelsthóx?" xe̲ t'e. Ew xwlelámetem o tútl'ó.
english: “How come you never talk to me?” She just listens to him.

hal: "Xe̲lh kw'el sqwálewel" xe̲ t'e. ..."Tl'o ta' sqáq il totí:lt" xe̲t'e .
english: "Sorry," she says.... "I was thinking about your brother".