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?
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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?
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 38: What did John catch? - Stám kw'e Chxélches tl' Chól?

Qwú:lqwelqweltel 38A

A
Tsel ts'lhá:met kw'ses le ólex̲em te sth'óqwi te Chól. Stám kw'es chxélches tlowáyél?
I heard that John went and got some fish. What did he catch today?
B
Ilh ew lámó qw'oqw'emó:thel. We léts'eó tl'élx̲xel chxélches.
He just went rod-fishing. He caught just one spring salmon.
A
Éwe is éy. Stám má:le kw'e hókwexes?
That's no good. What bait did he use?
B
Qéléx̲ kw'e le hókwexes.
It was fish eggs that he used.

Qwú:lqwelqweltel 38B

A
Tsel ts'lhá:met kw'ses le ólex̲em te sth'óqwi te Chól. Stám kw'es chxélches tlowáyél?
I heard that John went and got some fish. What did he catch today?
B
Ilh la lhós. Siláw láts'ewets sthéqí chxélches.
He was drift-netting. He caught more than one hundred sockeye.
A
Ts'áts'el ew éy. Qe tsel ts'lhá:met kw'es éwe is yóyes te pú:ts.
That's very good. But I heard his boat wasn't working.
Tewát kw'e chewa pú:t kw'e hókwexes?
Whose boat did he use?
B
Swás tl' Máli pú:t le hókwexes.
He used Mary's boat.

Audio Halq'eméylem English
Stám kw'e hókwexes tl' Máli tlowáyél? What did Mary use today?
Stámcha kw'e hókwexes tl' Máli tlowáyél? What will Mary use today?
Stám kw'e íxw hókwex tlowáyél? What did you use today?
Stám kw'e íl hókwex tlowáyél? What did I use today?
Kw'í:l sth'óqwi kw'e chxélches tl' Máli? How many fish did Mary catch?
Tl'o kw'e elétsa pú:t la hókwexes tl' Máli? Which boat did Mary use?
Tewát pú:t kw'e hókwexes tl' Máli? Whose boat did Mary use?
Tl'o kw'e elétsa pú:t íxw hókwex? Which boat did you use?
Tsel ts'lhá:met kw'ses le ólex̲em te sth'óqwi te Chól. Stám kw'es chxélches tlowáyél? I heard that John went and got some fish. What did he catch today?
Ilh la lhós. Siláw láts'ewets sthéqí chxélches. He was drift-netting. He caught more than one hundred sockeye.
Ilh ew lámó qw'oqw'emó:thel. We léts'eó tl'élx̲xel chxélches. He just went rod-fishing. He caught just one spring salmon.
Éwe is éy. Stám má:le kw'e hókwexes? That's no good. What bait did he use?
Ts'áts'el ew éy. Qe tsel ts'lhá:met kw'es éwe is yóyes te pú:ts. That's very good. But I heard his boat wasn't working.
Qéléx̲ kw'e le hókwexes. It was fish eggs that he used.
Tewát kw'e chewa pú:t kw'e hókwexes? Whose boat did he use?
Swás tl' Máli pú:t le hókwexes. He used Mary's boat.

Asking What 'He/She/It' did To Something

To ask a question about what he, she, or it did to something, you use the pattern shown in (1). Some examples are shown in (2).


(1) Pattern for Asking what He/She/It did to Something

Stám kw'e VERB-es tútl'ó?

What the VERB-es he = What did he VERB?


(2) Examples of Sentences Built using the Pattern in (1)

(a) Stám kw'e hókwexes tútl'ó?

What did he use?

(b) Stám kw'e chxélches tútl'ó?

What did he catch?

(c) Stám kw'e lép'exes tútl'ó?

What did he eat?


The -es ending is probably just the same -es ending which is added whenever he/she/it is the doer acting on a receiver. (Sometimes, if it is easier to pronounce, this -es ending will just come out as an -s, too.)


Instead of tútl'ó, you can subsitute thútl'ó, or any other noun as the doer, as in the examples in (3). 


(3) Same Pattern as in (1), but Using Different Nouns as Doers

(a) Stám kw'e hókwexes thútl'ó?

What did she use?

(b) Stám kw'e hókwexes te swíyeqe?

What did the man use?

(c) Stám kw'e hókwexes the slhá:lí?

What did the woman use?


In context, you can also simply drop the tútl'ó, and it will be understood from context that he, she, or it (referring to some person or thing in the context) is the doer, as in (4).


(4) Same Pattern as in (1), But Dropping the tútl'ó Altogether

Stám kw'e hókwexes?

What did he/she/it use? [which one is understood from context] 


Unlike with questions about what I or you did, using the future form when asking what he/she/it did is not complicated: you simply add -cha onto stám, as in the example in (5).


(5) Same Pattern as in (1), But in the Future

Stámcha kw'e hókwexes tútl'ó?

What will he use?


And finally, you can use tewát instead of stám in all such sentences. Examples of questions with tewát are given in the exercises that follow. 

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