- 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 50: Your foot is Bleeding! - Chó:lxwem ta' sxéle!
Qwú:lqwelqweltel 50A
Qwú:lqwelqweltel 50B
| Audio | Halq'eméylem | English |
|---|---|---|
| Tsel xwkw'ótseslómet. | I saw myself. | |
| Tsel kw'ikw'echósem. | I was looking at myself. | |
| Li chexw kw'ótseslómet? | Did you see yourself in the mirror? | |
| Chexw kw'ikw'echosem. | You looked at yourself in the mirror. | |
| Kw'ikw'echósem te Chól. | John was looking at himself in the mirror. | |
| Tsel kwíxet te híkw p'elhát pékw, qe tsel xwelelamet te CT. | I read a big, thick, book, and I listened to the CDs. | |
| Ílhtsel íyex̲et tl'ólsu lhétslexw. | I was shaving and I cut myself. | |
| Ílhu lí te éy íwestéleq. Qe mékw' ye il me télexw, tsel tó:lt ta'á'elthe. | I had a good teacher. But most of what I learned, I taught myself. | |
| Iyólem kw'as kw'echosem! Métselcha óxwesthó:m kw'es shxwq'ápet. | You should look at yourself! I'll get you a bandage. | |
| Éwe lis ólu híkw. Axwíló kw'es ch:ólx̲wem. | It's not too bad. It's just bleeding a little. |
To VERB Oneself (on purpose)
As we have seen in earlier lessons, the -t ending in Halq'eméylem is commonly used on verbs where you deliberately do an action to someone else. To talk about an action deliberately done to oneself, you use a special ending -thet. This pattern is summarized, with examples, in (1).
(1) (a) VERB + t (b) VERB + thet
to VERB him/her/it (on purpose) to VERB oneself (on purpose)
(c) xólhmet (d) xólhmethet
to look after him/her/it to look after oneself
(e) q'óyt (f) q'óythet
to kill him/her/it to kill oneself
To Accidentally VERB Oneself
Instead of -thet, you can also use a different ending -ló:met (also pronounced - lómét). The -ló:met ending also means onself, but it refers to accidentally doing something to onself, as opposed to doing it on purpose.
For example, compare the following two forms (from the vocabulary list for this lesson):
(2) (a) xwkw'ótsethet (b) xwkw'ótsesló:met
Both of these words can be translated as to see onself (referring to the face, specifically). But the (a) word implies that it was delibrate, because of the -thet ending, where-as the (b) sentence implies that it was accidental, because of the ló:met ending.
Note that Halq'eméylem speakers do not always use the -thet and -ló:met endings where we would say onself (or himself/herself, etc.) in English.