- Lesson 1: Where is my Knife? - Alétse tel Lháts'tel
- Lesson 2: We need it - Stl'ítset
- Lesson 3: Put it On the Table - Lháq'etchexw la te Letám
- Lesson 4: I Need It. Where Is It? - El Stl'í. Alétse?
- Lesson 5: Put it On the Table. - Lháq'etchexw la te letám.
- Lesson 6: In the Kitchen - Li te Kéchel
- Lesson 7: In the Car - Li te Kó
- Lesson 8: At the table - Li te Letám
- Lesson 9: At Home - Li te Lá:lém
- Lesson 10: In the Kitchen - Lí te Kéchel
- Lesson 11: At Home - Li te Lá:lém
- Lesson 12: At Home - Li te Lá:lém
- Lesson 13: At the Office - Li te Syó:ysáwtxw
- Lesson 14: At the Office - Li te Syó:ysáwtxw
- Lesson 15: In the Kitchen - Li te Kéchel
- Lesson 16: Don't Want To! - Éwe el Stl'ís!
- Lesson 17: Did Mary Freeze the Fish Yet? - Lí ulh Píwetes tl' Máli ye Sth'óqwi?
- Lesson 18: Where's My Pencil - Áletse tel X̲éltel?
- Lesson 19: Where's the Salt? - Áletse te Tl'álhem?
- Lesson 20: Did you Open It? - Lichexw Xwemá:qet?
- Lesson 21: You're Wet! - Lhéqwchexw!
- Lesson 22: A Dream - Te S'élíyá
- Lesson 23: I lost it! - Tsel Ékw'elexw!
- Lesson 24: What Happened to Him? - Le Xwe'ít Tútl'ó?
- Lesson 25: I heard... - Tsel Ts'lhám...
- Lesson 26: Did You Wash Your Hands? - Lichexw Th'ex̲wá:tsesem?
- Lesson 27: Did You Take a Bath? - Lichexw Xóxekw'em?
- Lesson 28: Mary has a New Boyfriend - Kwelátes tl' Máli te X̲á:ws Swíweles
- Lesson 29: Is Mary Home? - Le ew Stá the Máli
- Lesson 30: I'm Looking after the Baby - Xóxelhmettsel te Sqáqele
- Lesson 31: How was your Day? - Selchím ta' Swáyel?
- Lesson 32: Did Somebody Help Him? - Lí Máytemkw'eTewátes?
- Lesson 33: Did He Ask You? - Lí Petámethó:me?
- Lesson 34: Are You Hungry? - Líchexw Kw'ókw'iy?
- Lesson 35: Please Pass It To Me - Th'íyxwem Sátelhsthóxchexw
- Lesson 36: Who did you Talk To? - Tewát kw'e qwélstexw
- Lesson 37: What are you going to eat? - Stámcha kw'e Lép'exexw?
- Lesson 38: What did John catch? - Stám kw'e Chxélches tl' Chól?
- Lesson 39: What are you Going to Make? - Stám kw'e Thíytexw?
- Lesson 40: Mary went Fishing - La qw'óqw'emó:thel the Máli.
- Lesson 41: Somebody Called You - Ílh me tá:methó:m kw'e wátes
- Lesson 42: Did you get your hair cut? - Líchexw lhíts'eqwem?
- Lesson 43: Who ate it? - Tewát kw'e lép'ex tel s'álhtel?
- Lesson 44: It was a Good Gathering - Éy te sq'ép
- Lesson 45: This Smoked Fish is Really Good - Ts'áts'el ew éy te'íle sq'éylo
- Lesson 46: Where is the Fish that I caught? - Elétse te Sth'óqwi el Schxélcha?
- Lesson 47: The place I used to live - Shxwlíselh kw'els stá
- Lesson 48: We Need some Milk - Stl'ítset kw'e Sqemó:s te Músmes.
- Lesson 49: If you go to the Store... - Líp Lám te Shxwímálá...
- Lesson 50: Your foot is Bleeding! - Chó:lxwem ta' sxéle!
Lesson 16: Don't Want To! - Éwe el Stl'ís!
Qwú:lqwelqweltel 16A
Qwú:lqwelqweltel 16B
| Audio | Halq'eméylem | English |
|---|---|---|
| Í:mex te Chól. | John is walking. | |
| Í:mexstexwes tl' Chól te sqwemá:y. | John is walking the dog. | |
| Í:lhtel te Chól. | John is eating. | |
| Hálp'exes tl' Chól te kwōx̲weth. | John is eating the coho. | |
| Li a' stl'i kw'as lép'ex te kwōxweth? | Do you want to eat the coho? | |
| Li a' stl'í kw'as la ímexstexw te sqwemá:y? | Do you want to go walk the dog? | |
| El stl'i. Qe lulh hóy lép'exes tl' Chól te sx̲éyes | I want to. But John already ate the head. | |
| Éwe el stl'ís. Qe lulh hóy le ímexstexwes tl' Chól te sqwemá:y. | I don't want to. And John already walked the dog. | |
| Iyólem. Áletsa kw'e sqwemá:y tloqá:ys? | Alright. Where is the dog now? | |
| Li ew the'ít? Áletsa kw'e Chól tloqá:ys? | Really? Where is John now? | |
| La imexyósem kw'e Chól. | John is going for a walk. | |
| Í:lhtel te sqwemá:y. | The dog is eating. |
-Es is needed when He/She/It acts on a Receiver
This lesson is the first one where you see He or She as the doers ('subjects') in a sentence with a verb that is directed towards some other person or thing. In such a sentence, you have to add a special -s ending onto the verb, as summarized in the rule below.
(1) The He/She/It -es Rule
If He, She, It or a separate noun is the doer in a sentence, and some other person
or thing is present as the receiver of the action, then you must add an '-es' ending
onto the verb.
Some examples of when the -es is required like this are shown in (2).
(2) Some Examples of Sentences where -es is Required
(a) Ímexstexwes tútl'ó te sqwemá:y.
He walks the dog. ['he' is acting on 'the dog', so -es appears on ímexstexw]
(b) Lép'exwes tl' Chól te sth'óqwi.
John eats the fish. [Chól is acting on 'the fish', so -es appears on lépex.]
The -es ending is not required for other doers (e.g. in Tsel ímexwstexw te sqwemá:y, no -es appears on the verb). No -es ending is needed, either, if he, she, it or a separate noun acts alone, not on some other receiver (e.g. in Imex tútl'ó, no -es is needed on ímex, because no-one receives the action. The
-es sometimes comes out simply as an -s, depending on whether the -s or -es is easier to pronounce.