Lesson 1: Where is my Knife? - Alétse tel Lháts'tel
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Lesson 2: We need it - Stl'ítset
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Lesson 3: Put it On the Table - Lháq'etchexw la te Letám
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Lesson 4: I Need It. Where Is It? - El Stl'í. Alétse?
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Lesson 5: Put it On the Table. - Lháq'etchexw la te letám.
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Lesson 6: In the Kitchen - Li te Kéchel
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Lesson 7: In the Car - Li te Kó
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Lesson 8: At the table - Li te Letám
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Lesson 9: At Home - Li te Lá:lém
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Lesson 10: In the Kitchen - Lí te Kéchel
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Lesson 11: At Home - Li te Lá:lém
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Lesson 12: At Home - Li te Lá:lém
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Lesson 13: At the Office - Li te Syó:ysáwtxw
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Lesson 14: At the Office - Li te Syó:ysáwtxw
Lesson 15: In the Kitchen - Li te Kéchel
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Lesson 16: Don't Want To! - Éwe el Stl'ís!
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Lesson 17: Did Mary Freeze the Fish Yet? - Lí ulh Píwetes tl' Máli ye Sth'óqwi?
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Lesson 18: Where's My Pencil - Áletse tel X̲éltel?
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Lesson 19: Where's the Salt? - Áletse te Tl'álhem?
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Lesson 20: Did you Open It? - Lichexw Xwemá:qet?
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Lesson 21: You're Wet! - Lhéqwchexw!
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Lesson 22: A Dream - Te S'élíyá
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Lesson 23: I lost it! - Tsel Ékw'elexw!
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Lesson 24: What Happened to Him? - Le Xwe'ít Tútl'ó?
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Lesson 25: I heard... - Tsel Ts'lhám...
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Lesson 26: Did You Wash Your Hands? - Lichexw Th'ex̲wá:tsesem?
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Lesson 27: Did You Take a Bath? - Lichexw Xóxekw'em?
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Lesson 28: Mary has a New Boyfriend - Kwelátes tl' Máli te X̲á:ws Swíweles
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Lesson 29: Is Mary Home? - Le ew Stá the Máli
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Lesson 30: I'm Looking after the Baby - Xóxelhmettsel te Sqáqele
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Lesson 31: How was your Day? - Selchím ta' Swáyel?
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Lesson 32: Did Somebody Help Him? - Lí Máytemkw'eTewátes?
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Lesson 33: Did He Ask You? - Lí Petámethó:me?
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Lesson 34: Are You Hungry? - Líchexw Kw'ókw'iy?
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Lesson 35: Please Pass It To Me - Th'íyxwem Sátelhsthóxchexw
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Lesson 36: Who did you Talk To? - Tewát kw'e qwélstexw
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Lesson 37: What are you going to eat? - Stámcha kw'e Lép'exexw?
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Lesson 38: What did John catch? - Stám kw'e Chxélches tl' Chól?
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Lesson 39: What are you Going to Make? - Stám kw'e Thíytexw?
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Lesson 40: Mary went Fishing - La qw'óqw'emó:thel the Máli.
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Lesson 41: Somebody Called You - Ílh me tá:methó:m kw'e wátes
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Lesson 42: Did you get your hair cut? - Líchexw lhíts'eqwem?
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Lesson 43: Who ate it? - Tewát kw'e lép'ex tel s'álhtel?
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Lesson 44: It was a Good Gathering - Éy te sq'ép
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Lesson 45: This Smoked Fish is Really Good - Ts'áts'el ew éy te'íle sq'éylo
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Lesson 46: Where is the Fish that I caught? - Elétse te Sth'óqwi el Schxélcha?
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Lesson 47: The place I used to live - Shxwlíselh kw'els stá
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Lesson 48: We Need some Milk - Stl'ítset kw'e Sqemó:s te Músmes.
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Lesson 49: If you go to the Store... - Líp Lám te Shxwímálá...
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Lesson 50: Your foot is Bleeding! - Chó:lxwem ta' sxéle!
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Lesson 14: At the Office - Li te Syó:ysáwtxw

Qwú:lqwelqweltel 14A

A
Wiyóth kw'es íts'els te Chól. Ts'áts'el ew s'ú:met.
John is always being lazy. He's really a lazy person.
B
Á:'a. Wiyóth kw'es ew hiyuth'ósetsó tútl'ó.
Yes. He's always just fooling around.
A
Ts'átsel ew qéyqel tútl'ó!
He's really no good!

Qwú:lqwelqweltel 14B

A
Wiyóth kw'es qwíqweláts the Máli
Mary is always gossiping.
B
Tsel lhq'él:exw. Wiyóth kw'es ew mámeth'elqéylems, t'ó:t'.
I know. She's always telling lies, too, the poor thing.
A
Á:'a. Qe tsel ts'lhá:met kw'ses s'ú:met thú:tl'ó.
Yes. And I heard that she's lazy.
B
Ts'átse'l ew qéyqel thútl'ó!
She's really no good!

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Full Lesson Audio S14- Vocabulary, phrases, and Dialogues

Audio Halq'eméylem English
X̲éte te Chól kw'es láms the Máli. ( John said that Mary went.
X̲éte te Chól kw'ses mámeth'elqéylem. John said that he/she was lying.
X̲éte te Chól kw'as mámeth'elqéylem. John said that you were lying.
X̲éte te Chól kw'els mámeth'elqéylem. John said that I was lying.
X̲éte te Chól kw'es mámeth'elqéylemtset. John said that we were lying.
X̲éte te Chól kw'as mámeth'elqéylemelép. John said that you guys were lying.
Tsel ts'lhá:met kw'es láms the Máli. I heard that Mary went.
Wiyóth kw'es qwíqweláts the Máli Mary is always gossiping.
Wiyóth kw'es íts'els te Chól. Ts'áts'el ew s'ú:met. John is always being lazy. He's really a lazy person.
Tsel lhq'él:exw. Wiyóth kw'es ew mámeth'elqéylems, t'ó:t'. I know. She's always telling lies, too, the poor thing.
Á:'a. Wiyóth kw'es ew hiyuth'ósetsó tútl'ó. Yes. He's always just fooling around.
Ts'átsel ew qéyqel tútl'ó! He's really no good!
Á:'a. Qe tsel ts'lhá:met kw'ses s'ú:met thú:tl'ó. Yes. And I heard that she's lazy.
Ts'átse'l ew qéyqel thútl'ó! She's really no good!

Differences Between The Patterns

Linguists have not been able to find any meaning difference between the two patterns. Nor does it appear to be a dialect difference, since the same speaker will sometimes use one pattern, sometimes the other.


Possibly there is some subtle difference in meaning that is yet to be identified, but from what we know now, the patterns are simply interchangeable. 

That He (Pattern One: Kw'ses)

To say that he (or that she, that it, etc.) in Halq'eméylem, you can use the word kw'ses. Here are some examples: 


(1) (a) Éy kw'ses lám.

Good that-he go

= It's good that he goes/went.


(b) Skwá:y kw'ses lám.

Impossible that-he go

= He can't go.


Kw'ses doesn't itself distinguish the sex of the person, so the sentences in (1) above could equally well be understood to mean It's good that she/it went and She/it can't go, too. If you want to clearly distinguish who it is that went, you can add tútl'ó, thútl'ó, or a separate noun at the end of the sentence (note that kw'ses is still required, in all cases): 


(2) (a) Éy kw'ses lám tútl'ó.

It's good that he goes/went.


(b) Éy kw'ses lám thútl'ó.

It's good that she goes/went. 


(c) Éy kw'ses lám te swíyeqe.

It's good that the man goes/went.

That He (Pattern Two: -s on Verb)

There is also a second, slightly different, way to say that he in Halq'eméylem. For this second pattern, what you do is just say kw'es (rather than kw'ses), and then you add an extra s-ending onto the verb. For example:


3) (a) Éy kw'es láms.

Good that goes

= It's good that he goes/went.


(b) Skwá:y kw'es láms.

Impossible that goes

= He can't go.


One way to think of it is that that he always requires an extra -s somewhere: you can put it on kw'es (that) to make kw'ses, or you can put the -s onto the verb, as in the examples here.


This pattern also can be understood as that she or that it. Thus (3a) could be understood in context. as It's good that she goes/went or It's good that it goes/went. Again, with this pattern, you can specify exactly who did it by adding tútl'ó, thútl'ó, or a separate noun: 


(4) (a) Éy kw'es láms tútl'ó.

It's good that he goes/went.


(b) Éy kw'es láms thútl'ó.

It's good that she goes/went.


(c) Éy kw'es láms te swíyeqe.

It's good that the man goes/went.

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