- 1: Th'éx̲welwetem
- 2: Leq'álqel
- 3: Syó:ys
- 4: Shxw'íyem
- 5: S'álhtel qas te Sqó:qe
- 6: Tháytem te Skwúkwel Syó:ys
- 7: Í te S'álhtel Letám
- 8: Xwe'ít te Swáyel
- 9: Leq'áleqel
- 10: Shxw'íyem
- 11: Líchxw Smámalyí?
- 12: S'álhtel qas te Sqó
- 13: Xwe'ít te Swáyel
- 14: Leq'álqel
- 15: Shxwe'íyem
- 16: Ye Mestíyexw
- 17: S'álhtel qas te Sqóqe
- 18: Skwúl
- 19: Ileqá:ls
- 20: Shxw'íyem
- 21: Mestíyexw
- 22: Í:lhtel
- 24: Syó:ys
- 23: Íleqels
- 25: Shxw'íyem
- 26: Sx'áts Pípe
- 27: S'álhtel
- 28: Íleqáls
- 29: Skwúl
- 30: Sq'eq'óxel
- 31: Mestíyexw
- 32: S'álhtel qas te Sqóqe
- 33: Th'éx̲welwétem
- 34: Xwe'í:t te swáyel
- 35: Tháytem te Skúkwel Syó:ys
- 36: Le Á:yel
- 37: S'álhtel qas te Qó
- 38: Ileqá:ls
- 39: Q'élqéylthet
- 40: Skwúl
- 41: Pípetels
- 42: Leq'á:lq'el
- 43: Skwúl
- 44: Éyósthet
- 45: Íleqals
- 46: Mestíyexw
- 47: Skwúl
- 48: Pekche'áwtxw
- 49: Lálats'éwtxwem
- 50: Skwúl
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'etl'ítel | to love one another | |
| ts'íts'emostel | licking each other's faces | |
| xwemékwáthetel | kiss one another |
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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