1: Th'éx̲welwetem
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2: Leq'álqel
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3: Syó:ys
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4: Shxw'íyem
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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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17: S'álhtel qas te Sqóqe
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18: Skwúl
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19: Ileqá:ls
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20: Shxw'íyem
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21: Mestíyexw
22: Í:lhtel
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24: Syó:ys
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23: Íleqels
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25: Shxw'íyem
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26: Sx'áts Pípe
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27: S'álhtel
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28: Íleqáls
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29: Skwúl
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30: Sq'eq'óxel
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31: Mestíyexw
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32: S'álhtel qas te Sqóqe
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33: Th'éx̲welwétem
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34: Xwe'í:t te swáyel
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35: Tháytem te Skúkwel Syó:ys
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37: S'álhtel qas te Qó
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39: Q'élqéylthet
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40: Skwúl
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48: Pekche'áwtxw
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49: Lálats'éwtxwem
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50: Skwúl
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21: Mestíyexw - 21: People

Mestíyexw 21A

A
Tsel ts'lhá:met kw'ses chíchemóstel te Pél qas the Áli.
I hear that Bill and Annie have been seeing [lit. meeting] each other.
I hear that Bill and Annie have been seeing each other.
B
Eweté íl lheq'élexw. Temtam kw'ses iyóthet tethá?
I didn’t know that. When did that start?
A
Lí tw'e x̲e'ó:thel qew lís lheq'á:tses skw'exós. Tl'ó sqwelwélmét.
It has been four or five months. That’s what I think.
B
Lálá, ewéte a' lhq'élexw. Mékw'stam iyáq kw'ses hálém te swáyel.
Well, you don’t know. Everything changes with time [lit… as the days go].
Well, you don’t know. Everything changes with time.

Mestíyexw 21B

A
Éwe ís híth kw'éls e me télexw kw'ses t'we chíchemóstel te Pél qas te Áli.
I recently learned that Bill and Annie might be going out [lit. meeting each other].
I recently learned that Bill and Annie might be going out.
B
Ewéte ílelh lhq'él:exw. Temtám kw'es ó iyóthets tethá?
I didn’t know that. When did that start?
A
Le t'wa x̲e'óthel qew lís t'x̲em skw'exyó:s teló qá:ys.
It might be about four or six months now.
B
Lálá, skw'áy kw'ás télexw. Mékw'stam iyáq lá hílew te swáyel.
Well you never can tell. Everything changes with time [lit. as the days pass].
Well you never can tell. Everything changes with time.

Audio Halq'eméylem English
swíweles boy, adolescent boy
xwemékwáthet to kiss him/her, kiss (tr.)
sq'ómet together with, along with, to go with someone
chémlexw to run away with someone , to elope with someone
chél:exw to catch up with someone
átslexw to hear about (tr.), to hear it
iyá:q change, transform (intr.)
chemóstel meet each other
hílew pass, go by (tr.)
sq'eq'ómetel going with each other
tl'atl'ítel to love one another
ts'íts'emostel licking each other's faces
xwemékwáthetel kiss one another

Audio Halq'eméylem English
Xwemékwáthétel te Áli qaq Pél. Anne and Bill kissed.
Tsel kw'étslexw te Áli qe Pél kw'ses xwemékw'ethétel. I saw Anne and Bill kiss.
Léxwa yóth kw'ses chíchemóstel te Áli qas te Pél? Anne and Bill are meeting quite often?
Tl'ílsthómetsel. I love you.
Tset átslexw kw'ses cha mályí te Pél qe Áli. We heard that Bill and Anne are going to get married.
Skw'áy kw'éls thét kw'ses cha mályí álhtel. I can’t say if they’re going to get married.
Ewéte shxwt'ás tl'í:ls xwelám yútl'ólem. Chíchmóstel ó. It’s not love for them. They’re just dating.
Éwe ís tl'atl'ítel yútl'ólem. They don’t love each other.
Selchím kw'es híths kw'ses q'eq'ómetel álhtel? How long have they been going with each other?
Tsel ts'lhá:met kw'ses chíchemóstel te Pél qas the Áli. I hear that Bill and Annie have been seeing each other.
Éwe ís híth kw'éls e me télexw kw'ses t'we chíchemóstel te Pél qas te Áli. I recently learned that Bill and Annie might be going out.
Eweté íl lheq'élexw. Temtam kw'ses iyóthet tethá? I didn’t know that. When did that start?
Ewéte ílelh lhq'él:exw. Temtám kw'es ó iyóthets tethá? I didn’t know that. When did that start?
Lí tw'e x̲e'ó:thel qew lís lheq'á:tses skw'exós. Tl'ó sqwelwélmét. It has been four or five months. That’s what I think.
Le t'wa x̲e'óthel qew lís t'x̲em skw'exyó:s teló qá:ys. It might be about four or six months now.
Lálá, skw'áy kw'ás télexw. Mékw'stam iyáq lá hílew te swáyel. Well you never can tell. Everything changes with time.
Lálá, ewéte a' lhq'élexw. Mékw'stam iyáq kw'ses hálém te swáyel. Well, you don’t know. Everything changes with time.

May to September was the time we traditionally fished for sturgeon, which we call skwó:wech. The way we could tell it was time to fish for them was by noting when the cotton began to fall from the trees, which co-incided with the right time to begin. Sturgeon are eaten fresh, and also salted and dried. We also eat the eggs of the sturgeon (which look like blueberries), and can it. Canned sturgeon tastes like canned tuna.  


After September we never fished for sturgeon, because this would have destroyed the sturgeon's eggs, and damaged the resource. In any case, later in the winter the sturgeon bury themselves in the sand. 

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