- 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 41: Somebody Called You - Ílh me tá:methó:m kw'e wátes
Qwú:lqwelqweltel 41A
Qwú:lqwelqweltel 41B
| Audio | Halq'eméylem | English |
|---|---|---|
| Tewátcha kw'e qw'eyílex? | Who is going to dance? | |
| Tewát kw'e qw'eyílex? | Who danced? | |
| Tewát kw'e ílh lí tethá? | Who was there? | |
| Tl'ó Máli qw'eyílex. | It was Mary who danced. | |
| Tl'ócha Máli qw'eyílex. | It will be Mary who dances. | |
| Tsel ts'lhá:met tí:ltel te shxwtatí:m. Tewát kw'e me tatí:m? | I heard the phone ring. Who called? | |
| Ílh me tá:methó:m kw'e tewátes. | Somebody called you. | |
| Tl'ó te Chól. X̲éte kw'es híkws sq'ép teló xwelált. | It was John. He said there's a big gathering tonight. | |
| Tewát kw'e me tá:m? | Who called? | |
| Tl'ó Máli kw'e ilh me tá:m. X̲éte thútl'ó kw'es híkws sq'ép lechás. | It was Mary who called. She said there's a big gathering somewhere. | |
| Lí ew the'ít? Tewátcha kw'e t'ílem? | Really? Who's going to sing? | |
| Tewátcha kw'e lí tethá? | Who's going to be there? | |
| Ewetá slheq'él:exw. Skw'á:y kw'els t'ílem ta'á'althe! | I don't know. I can't sing! | |
| Mékw' ye yóyes mi tethá. | Everyone from work will be coming there. |
Asking Who Did an Action
To make a sentence of the form Who VERBed? you use the pattern shown in (1). Some examples are given in (2).
(1) Tewát kw'e VERB?
(2) (a) Tewát kw'e ímex?
Who walked?
(b) Tewát kw'e t'ílem?
Who sang?
To ask what did an action, simply substitute stám into this pattern.
Vowel-Lengthening to Make -ing Forms
You have now learned many -ing forms (e.g. ímex is to walk, where-as í:mex is walking), and you have probably noticed that the -ing form for a given word is not always predictable. However, most (though not all) cases of -ing forms for verbs fit into one of a few different fairly simple patterns. The simplest of these patterns is probably the following one:
(3) Vowel-Lengthening to Make -ing Forms
If the word starts with a vowel, the -ing form is usually (not always) formed by making the vowel
long, which is written with a colon.
Here are some examples:
(4) (a) ímex to walk í:mex walking
(b) ólmets to wait for him/her ó:lmets waiting for him/her
This pattern of vowel-lengthening is also common if the verb starts with an h-. If the verb starts with an e, this rule does not apply, and you usually get an unpredictable (or not obviously predictable) change to another vowel in the -ing form.
Consonant-Vowel Doubling to Make -ing Forms
If the verb ends in a consonant, the most common pattern used is a kind of doubling, as follows:
(5) Consonant-Vowel Doubling to Make -ing Forms
If the verb starts with a consonant, the -ing form is usually (not always) formed
by doubling part of the verb, by following these three steps.
1. Take the first consonant and vowel, and double them.
E.g. t'ílem --> t'ít'ílem.
2. Now 'reduce' the second vowel to an e.
Eg. t'ílem --> t'ít'ílem --> t'ít'elem
Here are some more examples (taken from vocabulary that you already know):
(6) Basic Word Double first C. and V. Make second vowel an 'e'
(a) lhp'ótl'em --> lhp'óp'ótl'em --> lhp'óp'etl'em
(b) xólhmet --> xóxólhmet --> xóxelhmet
(c) lhíts'et --> lhílhíts'et --> lhílhets'et
Notice how the 'lh' in the (c)-example (cut it) is treated as a single consonantunit, for the purpose of doubling; in fact, 'lh' is a single sound, it is just written with two letters (as is also the case with qw, kw, q', k', and other complex sounds in Halq'eméylem, each of which is actually a single complex consonant).