- 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 30: I'm Looking after the Baby - Xóxelhmettsel te Sqáqele
Qwú:lqwelqweltel 30A
Qwú:lqwelqweltel 30B
| Audio | Halq'eméylem | English |
|---|---|---|
| Qelqelí:lthet tel méle. | My child dirtied himself. | |
| Qelqelí:lthet tel mímele. | My little child dirtied himself. | |
| X̲á:m te sqáqele. | The baby is crying. | |
| X̲íx̲á:m te sqáqele. | The baby is crying a little. | |
| Yewá:l máxt te lhéqw sq'éltel. Th'ex̲wót te sqáqele, qesu pélpelqwt. | First take off the wet diaper for him. Dry the baby and, powder him. | |
| A. Máxtselcha te lhéqw sqelálh. Kwút te sí:l qesu th'ex̲wót te sqáqele qeyálhas kwút te ts'íyx̲w sqelálh. Esu pélpelqwt esu was mis qw'elqw'él te slhílhets. | I'm going to take off the wet diaper. Take a cloth and wash the baby before you take the dry diaper.Then powder him so that his little bum doesn't get a rash. | |
| Éy! Iyólem kw'els iyáqelht te sqáqele. | Great! I can change the baby! | |
| Éy! Lheq'él:exwtselcha kw'els xólhmet te sqáqele! | Great! Now I will know how to look after a baby! |
Little' Doubling
If you double the first consonant and vowel in a Halq'eméylem word (ignoring s- , which is usually just a marker that the word is a noun), and then make the first vowel into an i sound, the result can often be used to mean 'little...'.
The process is not completely predictable, and sometimes other unpredictable changes are made in addition to the basic doubling and insertion of i; however, very many words are built around this basic pattern. Here are some examples (including some that have additional unpredictable changes).
(1) xwélmexw [Root word = 'First Nations Person']
xwéxwelmexw [Double first consonant and vowel]
xwíxwelmexw [Make vowel an i ]
Result ='Little 1st Nations Person']
(2) méle [Root word = 'child']
mémele [Double first consonant and vowel]
mímele [Make vowel an i]
Result = 'Little Child'
(3) sqwemá:y [Root word = 'Dog']
sqweqwemá:y [Double first consonant and vowel (ignoring the 's']
sqwíqwemáy [Make vowel an i] sqwíqwemáy [Additional unpredictable change, a: --> a]
Result = 'Little Dog, Puppy' (
4) theqát [Root word = 'Tree']
thetheqát [Double first consonant and vowel]
thítheqát [Make vowel an i]
thítheqet [Additional unpredictable change, a --> e in last vowel]
Result ='Little tree'
Because some forms for little... are irregular, and because even the fairly regular forms sometimes include additional unpredictable changes, you often have to learn the little... version for the word separately. However, knowing this pattern will help you to learn the form much more easily, in most cases.