Title: Halq'eméylem / Lesson: 21: People

hal: swíweles
english: boy, adolescent boy

hal: xwemékwáthet
english: to kiss him/her, kiss (tr.)

hal: sq'ómet
english: together with, along with, to go with someone

hal: chémlexw
english: to run away with someone , to elope with someone

hal: chél:exw
english: to catch up with someone

hal: átslexw
english: to hear about (tr.), to hear it

hal: iyá:q
english: change, transform (intr.)

hal: chemóstel
english: meet each other

hal: hílew
english: pass, go by (tr.)

hal: sq'eq'ómetel
english: going with each other

hal: tl'etl'ítel
english: to love one another

hal: ts'íts'emostel
english: licking each other's faces

hal: xwemékwáthetel
english: kiss one another

hal: Xwemékwáthétel te Áli qaq Pél.
english: Anne and Bill kissed.

hal: Tsel kw'étslexw te Áli qe Pél kw'ses xwemékw'ethétel.
english: I saw Anne and Bill kiss.

hal: Léxwa yóth kw'ses chíchemóstel te Áli qas te Pél?
english: Anne and Bill are meeting quite often?

hal: Tl'ílsthómetsel.
english: I love you.

hal: Tset átslexw kw'ses cha mályí te Pél qe Áli.
english: We heard that Bill and Anne are going to get married.

hal: Skw'áy kw'éls thét kw'ses cha mályí álhtel.
english: I can’t say if they’re going to get married.

hal: Ewéte shxwt'ás tl'í:ls xwelám yútl'ólem. Chíchmóstel ó.
english: It’s not love for them. They’re just dating.

hal: Éwe ís tl'etl'ítel yútl'ólem.
english: They don’t love each other.

hal: Selchím kw'es híths kw'ses q'eq'ómetel álhtel?
english: How long have they been going with each other?

hal: Tsel ts'lhá:met kw'ses chíchemóstel te Pél qas the Áli.
english: I hear that Bill and Annie have been seeing each other.

hal: Éwe ís híth kw'éls e me télexw kw'ses t'we chíchemóstel te Pél qas te Áli.
english: I recently learned that Bill and Annie might be going out.

hal: Eweté íl lheq'élexw. Temtam kw'ses iyóthet tethá?
english: I didn’t know that. When did that start?

hal: Ewéte ílelh lhq'él:exw. Temtám kw'es ó iyóthets tethá?
english: I didn’t know that. When did that start?

hal: Lí tw'e x̲e'ó:thel qew lís lheq'á:tses skw'exós. Tl'ó sqwelwélmét.
english: It has been four or five months. That’s what I think.

hal: Le t'wa x̲e'óthel qew lís t'x̲em skw'exyó:s teló qá:ys.
english: It might be about four or six months now.

hal: Lálá, skw'áy kw'ás télexw. Mékw'stam iyáq lá hílew te swáyel.
english: Well you never can tell. Everything changes with time.

hal: Lálá, ewéte a' lhq'élexw. Mékw'stam iyáq kw'ses hálém te swáyel.
english: Well, you don’t know. Everything changes with time.