Misc. Sentences

Question 1

ʔəsx̌ʷalʼx̌ʷalʼilč čəd

Answer 1

I can’t manage my legs from knees down.

(An expression meaning one is very tired from walking, standing, etc.)

Question 2

ʔəsx̌ʷalʼ čəd

Answer 2

I’m too weak to carry it; it’s too heavy for me

Question 3

ʔux̌ʷalʼ čəd

Answer 3

I was defeated; I lost a game; I couldn’t catch any fish

Question 4

ʔəsx̌ʷalʼbid čəd

Answer 4

I can’t control it; I can’t handle it; I can’t quite use it (due to my lack of ability, knowledge, etc.)

Question 5

ʔux̌ʷalʼbid čəd

Answer 5

I lost it; it’s too heavy for me to lift

Question 6

ʔəsx̌ʷalʼbid cəɬ ʔə tə sʔux̌ʷ dxʷʔal tə sqʼax̌ʷ

Answer 6

we can’t control it when it goes on the ice

Question 7

ʔux̌ʷalʼbid tiʔiɬ dxʷsqada

Answer 7

they didn’t catch the thief

Question 8

ʔəsx̌ʷalʼbicut čəd

Answer 8

I give up (because my body is fatigued)

Question 9

ʔud(xʷ)x̌ʷalʼigʷəd čəd

Answer 9

I give up (because it is too much for me to figure out or my patience has given out)

Question 10

gʷəl ƛ’alʼ bəd(xʷ)x̌ʷalʼigʷəd

Answer 10

and she also gave up

Question 11

ʔəsqʷibəxʷ

Answer 11

ready, prepared, fixed up

Question 12

ʔəsqʷibəxʷ

Answer 12

get ready now

Question 13

ʔəsqʷibəxʷ čəd dxʷʔal kʷi dsƛ̕a tawd

Answer 13

I’m getting ready to go to town

Question 14

xʷiʔ kʷ(i) dsqʷibid tə dʔalʔal

Answer 14

I didn’t fix my house

Question 15

qʷibidəxʷ

Answer 15

she fixed them up

Question 16

huy qʷibidəxʷ (h)əlgʷəʔ tiʔiɬ qʼilʼbids (h)əlgʷəʔ

Answer 16

then they fixed up their canoe(s)

Question 17

qʷibicut čəd dxʷʔal tawd

Answer 17

I’m getting ready for town

Question 18

qʷibtxʷ

Answer 18

have something or someone ready, have it prepared

Question 19

ʔəsqʷibtxʷ

Answer 19

he had it ready

Question 20

ʔuʔəx̌ʷaʔ tiʔiɬ

Answer 20

he urinated

Question 21

ʔuxʷəcad tuĺʔal tsiʔiɫ dəxʷəscaq́tubs

Answer 21

he got her off from where she had been impaled

Question 22

šəq tsiʔiɫ səscaq́abactubs

Answer 22

up high she is impaled

Question 23

ʔucaq́ačiʔ čəd

Answer 23

I got a sliver in my hand

Question 24

gʷəl ʔəbilʼ ʔugəlkʼgʷas xʷiʔəxʷ gʷəsxʷəcs

Answer 24

and if they get twisted it won’t be removable (they won’t be able to get it off)

Question 25

xʷəcəd čəxʷ ʔal tə ʔa

Answer 25

take your clothes off there