Title: Halq'eméylem / Lesson: People

hal: qáys
english: new, just started, just, recently, just now, lately, (at one recent moment), not long ago

hal: shxwyóys
english: employee

hal: Ílhachexw lhq'él:exw the q'á:mi xwewás ís xwe íkw'eló?
english: Did you know the girl before she came here?

hal: Líchexw welh lhq'élexw te x̲á:ws ma yó:ys qeyálhses mí íkw'eló?
english: Did you know the new employee before she came here?

hal: Éwetsel líl xwchém:eslexw.
english: I never met her.

hal: Yéseletsetó kw'es elólhtset te híkw shxw'elólh kó.
english: The two of us ride on the bus.

hal: Lóyó lhq'élexwal kw'ses éy te syó:ys lí te skwúl.
english: All I know is that she does good work at school.

hal: Xwewátsel líl kw'étslexw te x̲á:ws q'á:mi.
english: I haven’t seen the new girl yet.

hal: Ewétal lheq'élexw thútl'ó.
english: I don’t know her.

hal: Te x̲á:ws q'ámí sq'eq'ó tl'álhímelh.
english: The new girl is with us.

hal: Éwetál slhqéq'lexw ye x̲á:ws yó:yes íkw'eló.
english: I don’t know the new workers here.

hal: Lí te te yewálmel ómets, the x̲áws q'á:mi.
english: She sits at the front, the new girl.

hal: Tel'elétsa kw'es shxwtelís the x̲áws q'á:mi?
english: Where did the new girl come from?

hal: Lhéq' mi elólh te shxw'elólh kó.
english: She rides on our school bus.

hal: Te iyéysela q'álemi éy te syó:ys.
english: Both girls do good work.

hal: Lólets'e x̲á:ws q'á:mi lí te shxwelís tel skwúkwel.
english: There’s one new girl in my school.

hal: Qáys tel xwe'i.
english: I just got here.

hal: Líchexw welh lhq'élexw the qáys q'á:mi qéyalhses mi kw'eló?
english: Did you know the new girl before she came here?

hal: Líchexw welh lhq'élexw the qáys q'á:mi qéyalhses mi kw'eló thútl'ó?
english: Did you know the new girl before she came here?

hal: Ílhtsel kw'étslexw thútl'ó elólh te híkw shxw'elólh kó.
english: I used to see her on the bus.

hal: A'a. Tset me elólh te híkw shxw'elólh kó kw'es iyéyseletset.
english: Yes. We rode the bus together.

hal: Tl'ó: kw'as ílh hálém te xwelált skwúl? Tl'ó: kw'as ílh hálém te xwelált skwúl?
english: Was that when you were going to night school?

hal: Tl'ó: kw'ás ílh hálém te xwelált skwúl?
english: Was that when you were attending evening classes?

hal: Á':a, tsel lheq'élexw kw'ses éy te syó:ys lí te skwúl thutl'ó.
english: Yes, I know is that she’s a good student.

hal: Á:'a. Wel éy te skwúl syó:ys thútl'ó.
english: Yes. Her schoolwork is good.