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
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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?
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 32: Did Somebody Help Him? - Lí Máytemkw'eTewátes?

Qwú:lqwelqweltel 32A

A
Lí hó:ytes tl' Chól te syó:ys?
Did John finish his work?
B
Á:'a. Hilexwes mekw'.
Yes. He finished it.
A
Qéx̲ te syó:ys. Lí máytem kw'e tewátes?
That was a lot of work. Did somebody help him?
B
Á:'a. Lew máytem. Lu qex̲ tex̲talexwes tútl'ó.
Yes. Somebody helped him. But he did most of it.

Qwú:lqwelqweltel 32B

A
Lí hó:ytes tl' Chól te syó:ys?
Did John finish his work?
B
Á:'a. Máytem.
Yes. Somebody helped him.
A
Éy kw'ses máytem. Qéx̲ te syó:ys.
It's good that somebody helped him. That was a lot of work.
B
Á:'a. Qex̲ x̲tá:stexwes tútl'ó.
Yes. But he did most of it.

Audio Halq'eméylem English
Máytem. Somebody helped him./He was helped.
Íwestem. Somebody taught him./He was taught.
Máytem te swíyeqe. The man helped him.
Máytem te Chól. John helped him.
Lí hó:ytes tl' Chól te syó:ys? Did John finish his work?
Á:'a. Máytem. Yes. Somebody helped him.
Á:'a. Hilexwes mekw'. Yes. He finished it.
Qéx̲ te syó:ys. Lí máytem kw'e tewátes? That was a lot of work. Did somebody help him?
Éy kw'ses máytem. Qéx̲ te syó:ys. It's good that somebody helped him. That was a lot of work.
Á:'a. Lew máytem. Lu qex̲ tex̲talexwes tútl'ó. Yes. Somebody helped him. But he did most of it.
Á:'a. Qex̲ x̲tá:stexwes tútl'ó. Yes. But he did most of it.

He was, He Got

To say He was VERBED or He got VERBED in Halq'eméylem, you add an -em ending onto the verb. Here are some examples. 


(1) (a) Píwetes.61 (b) Píwetem tútl'ó.

He froze it. He got frozen.

(c) Máytes tútl'ó. (d) Máytem tútl'ó.

He helped him/her. He was helped.

(e) Íwestes tútl'ó. (f) Íwestem tútl'ó.

He taught him/her. He was taught. 


-Em alone does not actually specify the sex of the person who gets VERBED. All of the sentences above can be read to mean She was... or It was..., depending on context. 

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