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
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Lesson 15: In the Kitchen - Li te Kéchel
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 15: In the Kitchen - Li te Kéchel

Qwú:lqwelqweltel 15A

A
Tewát kw'e kwúkw te téx̲wswáyel-s'álhtel tlowáyél?
Who is cooking lunch today?
B
Iyólem kw'es tl'ós teléwe
It should be you.
A
Skw'á:y kw'els kwúkw tlowáyél. Lámtsel te tále'áwt.
I can't cook today. I'm going to the bank.
Iyólem kw'es tl'ós Máli kwúkw. Lí ew is iyólem kw'as petá:met?
It should be Mary who cooks. Would you ask her?
B
Iyólem. Láw, Máli, we is iyólem kw'as kwúkw tlowáyél?
Alright. Hey, Mary, would it be okay if you cook today?

Qwú:lqwelqweltel 15B

A
Tewát kw'e kwúkw tlowáyél?
Who is cooking today?
B
Skw'á:y kw'es kwúkwtset talhlímelh. Lámtset te tále'áwt.
We can't cook. We're going to the bank.
Iyólem kw'es tl'ós Chól kwa kwúkw.
It should be John who cooks.
A
Á:'a. Petá:mettsel. Lá, Chól, we is iyólem kw'as kwúkw?
Alright. I'll ask him. Hey, John, would it be okay if you cook?

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Full Lesson Audio S15- Vocabulary, phrases, and Dialogues

Audio Halq'eméylem English
Tl'ó talhlímelh. It's us.
X̲wéme kw'as kwút ye ló:thel? Could you get the plates?
X̲wéme kw'as lháx te letám? Could you set the table?
Tl'ó teléwe. It's you.
Iyólem kw'es tl'ós talhlímelh lám. It should be us who goes.
Iyólem kw'es tl'ós teléwe lám. It should be you who goes.
Tewát kw'e kwúkw tlowáyél? Who is cooking today?
Tewát kw'e kwúkw te téx̲wswáyel-s'álhtel tlowáyél? Who is cooking lunch today?
Skw'á:y kw'es kwúkwtset talhlímelh. Lámtset te tále'áwt. We can't cook. We're going to the bank.
Iyólem kw'es tl'ós teléwe It should be you.
Skw'á:y kw'els kwúkw tlowáyél. Lámtsel te tále'áwt. I can't cook today. I'm going to the bank.
Iyólem kw'es tl'ós Chól kwa kwúkw. It should be John who cooks.
Á:'a. Petá:mettsel. Lá, Chól, we is iyólem kw'as kwúkw? Alright. I'll ask him. Hey, John, would it be okay if you cook?
Iyólem kw'es tl'ós Máli kwúkw. Lí ew is iyólem kw'as petá:met? It should be Mary who cooks. Would you ask her?
Iyólem. Láw, Máli, we is iyólem kw'as kwúkw tlowáyél? Alright. Hey, Mary, would it be okay if you cook today?

Emphatic Pronouns

As you know, I, you, we, and you folks are usually expressed in Halq'eméylem as -tsel, -chexw, -tset, and -chap, respectively. Sometimes you will want to add special emphasis onto these words, as for example in making a contrast to a previous statement. In such cases, there is a series of special words for adding emphasis (some of which you have learned before), as follows:


(1) (a) ta'á'altha emphasizes 'I' (or 'me')

(b) teléwe emphasizes 'you'

(c) telhlímelh emphasizes 'we' (or 'us')

(d) talhwélep emphasizes 'you folks' 


These emphasis words (which linguists call emphatic pronouns) are usually used together with the endings, as in these examples:



(2) (a) Í:mextsel ta'á'altha. I am walking.

(b) Í:mexchexw teléwe. You are walking.

(c) Í:mextset telhlímelh. We are walking.

(d) Í:mexchap talhwélep. You folks are walking. 


In certain constructions, however, these emphasizing words can also be used alone. One construction where they appear without -tsel, -tset, etc. is when using sentences with tl'ó (it is) in which case you will use a pattern as in these examples:


(3) (a) Tl'ó ta'á'altha. It is me.

(b) Tl'ó teléwe. It is you.

(c) Tl'ó talhlímelh. It is us.

(d) Tl'ó talhwélep. It is you folks.6

(e) Tl'ó ta'á'altha kwúkw. I'm the one who cooks.

(f) Tl'ó teléwe kwúkw. You're the one who cooks.

(g) Tl'ó talhlímelh kwúkw. It is us who cooks.

(h) Tl'ó talhwélep kwúkw. It is you folks who cook.

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