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?
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Lesson 39: What are you Going to Make? - Stám kw'e Thíytexw?
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 39: What are you Going to Make? - Stám kw'e Thíytexw?

Qwú:lqwelqweltel 39A

A
El stl'í kw'els thíyt kw'e stámés.
I want to make something.
B
Stám kw'e thíytexw?
What are you going to make?
A
El stl'í kw'els thelxatí:m kw'e swōqw'elh.
I want to weave a blanket.
B
Skw'á:y kw'as x̲tá:tstexw kwa su ilólets'eó. Tewát kw'e máythó:m?
You can't do it just by yourself. Who's going to help you?

Qwú:lqwelqweltel 39B

A
Stl'ítset kw'es thíyttset kw'e stámés.
We want to make something.
B
Stám kw'e thíytap talhwélep?
What are you guys going to make?
A
Stl'ítset kw'es thíyttset kw'e léx̲wtel.
We want to make a blanket.
B
Iyólem kw'es thíytset kw'e stámés talhlímelh. Stám kw'e thíytet?
We should make something. What are we going to make?

Audio Halq'eméylem English
Tewát kw'e it qwélstexw? Who did we talk to?
Stámcha kw'e lép'exáp? What are you folks going to eat?
Stám kw'e íp lép'ex talhwélep? What did you folks eat?
Stám kw'e it lép'ex? What did we eat?
Stám kw'e lép'exet telhlímelh? What are we going to eat?
Stl'ítset kw'es thíyttset kw'e stámés. We want to make something.
El stl'í kw'els thíyt kw'e stámés. I want to make something.
Stám kw'e thíytap talhwélep? What are you guys going to make?
Stám kw'e thíytexw? What are you going to make?
El stl'í kw'els thelxatí:m kw'e swōqw'elh. I want to weave a blanket.
Stl'ítset kw'es thíyttset kw'e léx̲wtel. We want to make a blanket.
Skw'á:y kw'as x̲tá:tstexw kwa su ilólets'eó. Tewát kw'e máythó:m? You can't do it just by yourself. Who's going to help you?
Iyólem kw'es thíytset kw'e stámés talhlímelh. Stám kw'e thíytet? We should make something. What are we going to make?

Asking What 'We' did To Something

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


(1) Pattern for Asking what We did to Something

Stám kw'e ít VERB?

What the we VERB = What did we VERB?


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

(a) Stám kw'e it thíyt?

What did we make?

(b) Stám kw'e it lép'ex?

What did we eat?


If you want to ask who it was we did something to, simply substitute tewát into the pattern above. In the future, with questions of this kind, you use a slightly different pattern, as shown below. 


(3) Pattern for Asking what We WILL do to Something

Stám kw'e VERB-et?

What the VERB-we = What did we VERB?


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

(a) Stám kw'e thíytet?

What shall we make?

(b) Stám kw'e lép'exet?

What shall we eat?

Asking What 'You Folks' did To Something

To ask a question about what you folks did to something, you use the pattern shown in (5). Some examples are shown in (6).


(5) Pattern for Asking what 'You Folks' did to Something

Stám kw'e íp VERB?

What the you-folks VERB = What did you folks VERB?


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

(a) Stám kw'e ip thíyt?

What did you folks make?

(b) Stám kw'e ip lép'ex?

What did you folks eat?


If you want to ask who it was we did something to, simply substitute tewát into the pattern above. In the future, with questions of this kind, you use a slightly different pattern, as shown below. 


(7) Pattern for Asking what 'You Folks' WILL do to Something

Stámcha kw'e VERB-áp?

What the VERB-you-folks = What will you folks VERB?


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

(a) Stámcha kw'e thíytáp?

What will you folks make?

(b) Stámcha kw'e lép'exáp?

What will you folks eat? 

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