Lesson 1: Greetings - Kweléches
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Lesson 2: Identifying - P'ípetlexw
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Lesson 3: Greetings - Kweléches
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Lesson 4: Identification - P'ípetlexw
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Lesson 5: Introductions - Kweléches
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Lesson 6: At Home - St'á te Lálems
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Lesson 7: Education - Skúkwel
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Lesson 8: Education - Skwúkwel
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Lesson 9: Education - Skwúkwel
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Lesson 10: Education - Skwúkwel
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Lesson 11: Education - Skwúkwel
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Lesson 12: Math - Skw'éxam
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Lesson 13: Time - Tes te Skw'í:ls
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Lesson 14: Introductions - Kweléches
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Lesson 15: Education - Skwúkwel
Lesson 16: Personal Hygiene - Swa Shxwéyeches
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Lesson 17: Introductions - - Kweléches
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Lesson 18: Eating - Ílhtel
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Lesson 19: Weather - Selchíms te Swáyel
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Lesson 20: Communications - Qwólqweltel
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Lesson 21: Time - Tes Skw'í:ls
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Lesson 22: Education - Skúkwel
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Lesson 23: Education - Skúkwel
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Lesson 24: Eating - Ílhtel
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Lesson 25: Commuting - Q'elq'éylthet
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Lesson 26: Shopping - Íleq'als kw'e Stámes
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Lesson 27: Education - Skwúkwel
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Lesson 28: Commuting - Q'elq'eylthet
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Lesson 29: Math - Sk'áxem
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Lesson 30: Greetings - Kweléches
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Lesson 31: Education - Skwúkwel
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Lesson 32: Eating - Í:lhtel
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Lesson 33: Communications - Tamethóm
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Lesson 34: Health - Shxwíyolem
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Lesson 35: Education - Skwúkwel
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Lesson 36: Introductions - Kweléches
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Lesson 37: At Home - Li kw'e Lá:lém
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Lesson 38: Eating - Í:lhtel
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Lesson 39: Health - Shxw'íyolem
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Lesson 40: At home - Stá te Lá:léms
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Lesson 41: Health - Shxwiyolem
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Lesson 42: Eating - Í:lhtel
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Lesson 43: Eating - Í:lhtel
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Lesson 44: Small Talk - Qwólqweltel
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Lesson 45: Eating - Í:lhtel
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Lesson 46: Post Office - Pípe'áwtxw
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Lesson 47: School - Skwúl
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Lesson 48: Eating - Í:lhtel
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Lesson 49: At Home - Stá te Lá:léms
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Lesson 50: Entertainment - Iyósthet
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Lesson 15: Education - Skwúkwel

Introduction to SUH 15A

A
Líchexw tó:lt ta' sqwálcha?
[lit. "do/did you learn your future words/speech"]
Have you learned your speech?
B
Éwe. Xwewátsel il tó:lt.
No. I haven't learned it yet.
A
Stámcha kw'as yéthest ta' íwestéleq?
What will you tell your teacher?
B
Yéthesttselcha kw'es skw'áys kw'els x̲tálexw. Yóyestselcha.
I'll tell that her I can't do it [lit. "...that it's impossible that I do it"].
I'll tell that her I can't do it. I'll be working.
A
Ewéte kw'es xwiyómethets. Hihó:yt ta' syó:ys qesu me q'élstexw.
There's no excuse [lit. that he excuses himself].
There's no excuse. Finish your work and give it back.

Introduction to SUH 15B

A
Líchxw tó:lt ta' sqwálcha?
Do you know your speech?
B
Éwe. Ewétal lhq'élexw.
No. I don't know it.
A
Stámcha kw'e ixw yéthest the Méses Sméth?
What are you going to tell Mrs.Smith?
B
Yéthesttselcha kw'es ólu qéx̲ tel syó:ys. Tl'ó kw'ses yó:ysthálémcha kw'ses hó:y te skwúl.
I'll tell her that I have too much work. It's because I have to work after school.

Audio Halq'eméylem English
Éwetsel líl telómet. I don't understand it.
Líchexw télexw ta' syó:ys? Have you learned your work?
Líchxw ulh télexw ta' sqwálcha? Do you already know what you're going to say?
Líchexw ew hílexw ta' syó:ys? Have you finished your work?
Éwe. Xwewátsel íl tó:lt. No. I haven't learned it yet.
Iyólem kw'es éys ta' sqwólqwel. Your story better be good.
Líchxw ew totelómet te s'iwesthómet? Are you learning what you're being taught?
Tsel kwelám te lhséq' syó:ys lámes hó:y te skwúl. I have a part-time job after school.
Stámcha kw'as yéthest te íwestéleq? What are you going to tell the teacher?
Éwetsel íl lhq'él:exw tel syó:ys tlówáyél. I don't know my work today.
Tsel teltólt te mekw'stám xwelám kw'e wáyeles. I will learn everything for tomorrow.
Líchxw tó:lt ta' sqwálcha? Do you know your speech?
Líchexw tó:lt ta' sqwálcha? Have you learned your speech?
Éwe. Ewétal lhq'élexw. No. I don't know it.
Éwe. Xwewátsel il tó:lt. No. I haven't learned it yet.
Stámcha kw'as yéthest ta' íwestéleq? What will you tell your teacher?
Stámcha kw'e ixw yéthest the Méses Sméth? What are you going to tell Mrs.Smith?
Yéthesttselcha kw'es skw'áys kw'els x̲tálexw. Yóyestselcha. I'll tell that her I can't do it. I'll be working.
Yéthesttselcha kw'es ólu qéx̲ tel syó:ys. Tl'ó kw'ses yó:ysthálémcha kw'ses hó:y te skwúl. I'll tell her that I have too much work. It's because I have to work after school.
Ewéte kw'es xwiyómethets. Hihó:yt ta' syó:ys qesu me q'élstexw. There's no excuse. Finish your work and give it back.

The winter dance (spirit dance) is a gathering where both women and men each in turn sing and dance possessed by “songs” they have acquired from the guardian spirits they had encountered, early in life, through vision quests. These events are held in the season when the dancers' songs return to them in the winter, usually after the first snow.

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