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
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?
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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 7: In the Car - Li te Kó

Qwú:lqwelqweltel 7A

A
Líchap lets'ét te kó?
Did you guys fill up the car?
B
Á:'a. Tset xt'ástexw. Lúlh xwa slíts' te kó.
Yes. We did. The car is all full.
A
Lí wel the'ít?
Are you sure? [Literally: "Is that really true?"]
B
Á:'a! Slíts' te kó!
Yes! The car is full!

Qwú:lqwelqweltel 7B

A
Líchap léwex kw'e káselí:l lí te kó?
Did you guys put some gas in the car?
B
Éwe. Qe tset úkw'elets te káselí:l.
No. And we ran out of gas.
A
Xelh tel sqwalewel, chap ukw'elexw!
You guys ran out! I'm sorry!

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Full Lesson Audio S7- Vocabulary, phrases, and Dialogues

Audio Halq'eméylem English
lets'ét to fill (it)
the'ít true
kaselí:l gasoline
slíts' full, filled up
úkw'elexw to run out of food, be out of food
x̲élh to get hurt
car
úkw'elets to run out of (it)
hálts'et to fill (it)

Audio Halq'eméylem English
tsel lólthet I'm sorry
Tsel úkw'elexw. I ran out of it.
Tset úkw'elexw. We ran out of it.
Chexw úkw'elexw. You ran out of it.
Chap úkw'elexw. You guys ran out of it.
Lítsel úkw'elexw? Did I run out of it?
Líchexw úkw'elexw? Did you run out of it?
Lítset úkw'elexw? Did we run out of it?
Líchap úkw'elexw? Did you guys run out of it?
x̲élh tel sqwálewel I'm sorry
Líchap léwex kw'e káselí:l lí te kó? Did you guys put some gas in the car?
Líchap lets'ét te kó? Did you guys fill up the car?
Á:'a. Tset xt'ástexw. Lúlh xwa slíts' te kó. Yes. We did. The car is all full.
Éwe. Qe tset úkw'elets te káselí:l. No. And we ran out of gas.
Lí wel the'ít? Are you sure? [Literally: "Is that really true?"]
Xelh tel sqwalewel, chap ukw'elexw! You guys ran out! I'm sorry!
Á:'a! Slíts' te kó! Yes! The car is full!

You Folks in Halq'eméylem

Halq'eméylem has a special ending for talking about you when addressing two or more people - chap. The closest translation for this ending into English is you guys or you folks.  It patterns in the same way as -tsel, -chexw, and -tset.


Examples: (here comparing it with -chexw)

Chexw ímex. - You walked. [Appears at start for actions in the past]

Chap ímex. - You folks walked.  [Appears at start for actions in the past]

Ímexchexw. - You walk.  [Attaches to verb for actions in present]

Ímexchap. - You folks walk. [Attaches to verb for actions in present]

Líchexw ímex? - Do you walk? [Attaches to lí in yes/no questions]

chap ímex? - Do you folks walk? [Attaches to lí in yes/no questions]


When addressing two or more people, try to always use -chap rather than -chexw. 

We in Halq'eméylem

We in Halq'eméylem is most commonly expressed by the ending -tset.  The word-order of sentences with -tset is exactly parallel to that for sentences with -tsel (or -chexw).


Examples:

Tsel ímex. - I walked. [Tsel appears at start for actions in past]

Tset ímex. - We walked.  [Tset also appears at start for actions in past]

Ímextsel. - I walk.  [Tsel attaches to end of verb for actions in the present]

Ímextset. - We walk. [Tset also attaches to end of verb for actions in the present.]

Lítsel ímex? - Do/Did I walk? [Attaches to lí in yes/no questions]

tset ímex? - Do/Did we walk? [Also attaches to lí in yes/no questions]


You will recall that the word for our in Halq'eméylem is also an ending, -tset (e.g. our house = te lá:lémtset).  However, that use of -tset is a different ending.  

When you see the -tset ending, at this stage it will be useful to sometimes think for a moment about whether it means we or our, in the context.

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