- 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 8: At the table - Li te Letám
Qwú:lqwelqweltel 8A
Qwú:lqwelqweltel 8B
Full Lesson Audio S8- Vocabulary, phrases, and Dialogues
| Audio | Halq'eméylem | English |
|---|---|---|
| El stl'í kw'e x̲á:ws slhóp'. | I need some new soup. | |
| Stl'ítset kw'e x̲á:ws slhóp'. | We need some new soup. | |
| Qeléqep te slhóp'. | The soup smells bad. | |
| Iyaléqep te slhóp'. | The soup smells good. | |
| Iyaléqep te seplí:l. | The bread smells good. | |
| Hóqwem te slhóp'! | The soup stinks! | |
| Líchap léwexchap kw'e slhóp' lí te'íle lepót? | Did you guys put some new soup into this cup? | |
| Líchexw léwex kw'e slhóp' lí te'íle lepót? | Did you put some soup into this cup? | |
| Á:'a. Tset léwex kw'e cheláqelh. | Yes. We put it in yesterday. | |
| Qeléqep te'í slhóp'. | This soup smells bad. | |
| Léwexchap kw'e x̲á:ws slhóp'. | You guys put some new soup in it. |
Simple Sentences with Nouns
The basic Halq'eméylem word-order for simple sentences with nouns is to put the verb first, then the noun. For example:
(1) (a) Ímex te swíyeqe.
Walks the man. = The man walks.
(b) Hóqwem te slhóp'.
Smells the soup = The soup smells
Actions Directed to Others, vs. Actions Done Alone
In terms of verb endings, Halq'eméylem makes a clear distinction between two different kinds of verbs:
(2) (a) Verbs where the action or state is done alone, not acting on or reacting to someone else.
(b) Verbs where a doer (subject) is acting on something (or someone) else.
English often uses the same verb for both (a)-type and (b)-type actions. But Halq'eméylem is quite different. Halq'eméylem will use different forms of the verb depending on whether the action is (a)-type or (b)-type. Some examples illustrating this are shown below.
(3) (a) Tsel ímex. I walked. [Action is done alone]
(b) Tsel ímexstexw te sqwemá:y. I walked the dog. [Action is done to something else,
i.e. the dog].
Notice how the Halq'eméylem verb has different endings (ímex vs. ímexstexw, hóqwem vs. hóqwlexw) depending on whether the action is done alone vs. when the action is directed towards something (or someone) else. This is very common, in Halq'eméylem.
The endings -lexw, -stexw, -et, and -ex, (each of which has its own particular meaning, to be discussed later) usually appear on verbs where the actions are directed towards someone or something else. Verbs that are
not
directed towards another person or object often have no ending; they can also have an -em ending, among others.
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