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
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 9: At Home - Li te Lá:lém

Qwú:lqwelqweltel 9A

A
Lichexw yékw'elexw te'í tsméth' ló:thel?
Did you break this blue plate?
B
Á:'a. Tsel kwó:lxw ósu yókw'em.
Yes. I dropped it and it broke.
A
Láchex kwa kwú:t ta' éx̲wtel su íx̲wet te'í lhex̲éyleptel.
Go get your broom and sweep the floor.

Qwú:lqwelqweltel 9B

A
Lichap yékw'elexw te'í tsxwíkw' ló:thel?
Did you guys break this grey plate?
B
Á:'a. Lilhtset iwó:lem. Tset kwó:lxw qésu yókw'em.
Yes. We were playing. We dropped it and it broke.
A
Lá kwú:t ta' éx̲wtel lósu íx̲wet.
You go get the broom and sweep.

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Full Lesson Audio S9- Vocabulary, phrases, and Dialogues

Audio Halq'eméylem English
tsxwíkw' grey
tsméth' blue
yékw'elexw to break it
ewólem to play
íx̲wet to sweep (it)
kwólxw drop s-th (accidentally), let s-o go
lhex̲éyleptel floor
yókw'em it broke. / to break [in pieces], it broke
éx̲wtel broom
iwólem playing

Audio Halq'eméylem English
Tsel yékw'elexw tel ló:thel. I broke my plate.
Tsel yékw'elexw. I broke it.
Yókw'em tel ló:thel. My plate broke.
Tset yékw'elexw. We broke it.
Chap yékw'elexw. You guys broke it.
Lichap yékw'elexw te'í tsxwíkw' ló:thel? Did you guys break this grey plate?
Lichexw yékw'elexw te'í tsméth' ló:thel? Did you break this blue plate?
Á:'a. Lilhtset iwó:lem. Tset kwó:lxw qésu yókw'em. Yes. We were playing. We dropped it and it broke.
Á:'a. Tsel kwó:lxw ósu yókw'em. Yes. I dropped it and it broke.
Lá kwú:t ta' éx̲wtel lósu íx̲wet. You go get the broom and sweep.
Láchex kwa kwú:t ta' éx̲wtel su íx̲wet te'í lhex̲éyleptel. Go get your broom and sweep the floor.

Yes/No Questions with Simple Sentences with Nouns

To form a yes/no question with a simple sentence with a noun, you simply put the regular yes/no question marker lí at the start of the sentence. The noun does not move to the front of the sentence. Some examples are shown in the (2).


(2) (a) Yókw'em te lepót. The cup broke.

(b) Lí yókw'em te lepót? Did the cup break?


(c) Ímex te swíyeqe. The man walked.

(d) Lí ímex te swíyeqe? Did the man walk?


(e) T'ílem te slhá:lí. The woman sang.

(f) Lí t'ílem te slhá:lí? Did the woman sing? 

Yékw'elexw vs. Yókw'em

The two verbs yékw'elexw and yókw'em both translate roughly into the English verb to break. However, they are used quite differently:


(1) (a) Yékw'elexwtsel te lepót.

I broke it. [Action has both a doer (-tsel) and a receiver (te lepót)]


(b) Yókw'em te lepót.

The cup broke. [No doer is present, the thing just undergoes the action]


As with the distinctions discussed in the last lesson (e.g. hóqwelexw vs. hóqwem), this is another case where Halq'eméylem uses different verbs depending on whether the action is directed towards some other object or not. 

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