- 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 3: Put it On the Table - Lháq'etchexw la te Letám
Qwú:lqwelqweltel 3A
A
Lháq'etchexw lí te letám te s'álhtel.
Put the food on the table.
B
Iyólem.
Okay. / O.K.
A
Léwex te lháxels-spú:l lí te slhóp's.
Put the serving spoon in his soup.
B
Iyólem. Qe lháq'ettselcha la te letáms ye leló:thel.
Okay. And I'll put the plates on his table.
Qwú:lqwelqweltel 3B
A
Lháq'etchexw lí te letám ye leló:thel.
Put the plates down on the table.
B
Iyólem. Qe lháq'ettselcha la te ló:thels te sts'ó:qw'els.
Okay. And I'll put a fork on his plate.
A
lháq'etchexw lí te leló:thel te sq'éylo. Léwex lí te ló:ys te lháxels-spú:l.
Put the smoked salmon on the plates. Put the serving spoon in the rice.
B
Iyólem. Qe lháq'ettselcha la te letám kw'e tl'álhem.
Okay. And I'll put some salt on the table.
Full Lesson Audio- Vocabulary, phrases, and Dialogues
| Audio | Halq'eméylem | English |
|---|---|---|
| spúl | spoon | |
| tl'álhem | salt | |
| léwex | put in (tr. v.), put into | |
| lháq'et | put on, put down | |
| ló:ys | rice | |
| iyólem | okay, alright | |
| sq'éylo | smoked salmon, smoked meat | |
| méstexw | bring, take (it) | |
| ch'áletstel | chair, bench, seat, something to sit on | |
| tesét | put beside | |
| spelpúl | spoons | |
| hélwex | putting it in, putting something into a hollow place | |
| lhálheq'et | put on, put down | |
| ch'ech'áletstel | chairs | |
| mí:stexw | bringing sth, taking sth | |
| sch'áletstel | chair | |
| schelcháletstel | chairs | |
| tesétstexw | put beside |
His and Hers in Halq'eméylem
The pattern te___________-s tútl’o corresponds to English ‘his _________'.
The pattern te __________-s thútl’o corresponds to English ‘her _________.
Instead of saying the full phrase te __________-s tútl’o, you can ‘drop’ the word tútl’o or thutl'ó and just say te ______s.
Example: te lepots tútló his cup te lepots thútl'o her cup
te lepots his/her cup
I and You in Halq'eméylem
The Halq'eméylem equivalent of English I is usually an ending -tsel, which is attached to the verb. The Halq'eméylem equivalent of English you is usually an ending -chexw.
Example:
ímex. - to walk.
Ímextsel. - I walk.
Ímexchexw. - You walk.
Both -tsel and -chexw can appear at the start of the sentence, too, instead of as endings on the verb.
Is any one variety of Halq'eméylem better than any other? From a linguistic point of view, the answer is no. There is no reason to say that one variety of any language is any better than another: each variety of a given language will contain roughly the same number of words, each variety will have an equally complex and equally systematic grammar, and each will be roughly equally similar to the oldest form of the language.
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