- Bear and Coyote - Spáth qes te Slílk'yap
- Hunting and Naming - Háwe
- Robin Red Breast - Skw'ékw'qáq
- Crazy Painter - Lets'lóts'tel
- Compared to your brother - Yeláwel éy
- Making a blanket - Tháyem te Léx̲wtel
- A Torch Lighting Story - Hálx̲eywa
- Chipmunk - X̲ex̲pítsel
- Weather 1 - Xwe'ít te swáyel Létse
- Weather 2 - Xwe'ít te swáyel Isá:le
- Weather 3 - Xwe'ít te swáyel Lhí:xw
- Story of the Cedar Tree - X̲pá:yelhp
- Weather 4 - Xwe'ít te swáyel X̲eó'thel
- Weather 5 - Xwe'it te swayel Lhq'á:tses
- Baby Bears - Ye Spipáth
- Sasquatch Story - Sásq'ets
- Baking bread - Tháyem te seplíl
Weather 5 - Xwe'it te swayel Lhq'á:tses
Xwe'it te swayel? Lhq'á:tses
Ulh iyothet te spehals
already started the wind
The wind started to blow
Me potem te mekw'stames
(It) came (to be) blown the everything
It blew everything
Osu me timethet te spehals su le me met'tes te theqet
So (it) came to try hard the wind, so it (past) bent the trees
The trees started to bend, because the wind was blowing so hard.
Osu le xwe kw'ese semit mekw' timethet tutl'o spehals
So (it) went (to) become that-it (is) bending.easily everything, (it was) trying hard, he (the) wind
Everything had to bend on account of the wind being so hard.
Osu ew yet hith qesu le osu su ts'ats'el ew xwe xwe qex̲ te spehals
So again (it was) a long time and so very (it) became lots the wind.
It blew so hard.
Osu le yalh s-es le hoy
So [past] only.now it [past] finished.
And then finally it died down, it quit.
| Audio | Halq'eméylem | English |
|---|---|---|
| tútl'ó: | he, him | |
| theqá:t | tree | |
| pó:t | to blow it | |
| híth | for a long time | |
| ts'áts'el | very | |
| qéx̲ | much, many, a lot | |
| pehá:ls | to blow (of the wind), it's windy | |
| iyóthet | to start | |
| spehá:ls | wind | |
| xwa | to become | |
| tíméthet | trying, doing something hard | |
| met'mét | easy to bend | |
| ew | again | |
| mékw'stám | everything | |
| yalh | as usual, this time, now, the first time |
| Audio | Halq'eméylem | English |
|---|---|---|
| Ulh iyothet te spehals | The wind started to blow | |
| Me potem te mekw'stames | It blew everything | |
| Osu me timethet te spehals su le me met'tes te theqet | The trees started to bend, because the wind was blowing so hard. | |
| Osu le xwe kw'ese semit mekw' timethet tutl'o spehals | Everything had to bend on account of the wind being so hard. | |
| Osu ew yet hith qesu le osu su ts'ats'el ew xwe xwe qex̲ te spehals | It blew so hard. | |
| Osu le yalh s-es le hoy | And then finally it died down, it quit. |
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