smy̓may̓ 00/01: iʔ syilx naʔɬ iʔ tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷsəl̓x / qipčm̓

Question 1

Salish

Answer 1

syilx

Question 2

mountains

Answer 2

wswist

Question 3

side / beside

Answer 3

k̓m̓ɬəniw̓t

Question 4

need something

Answer 4

yʕaʔtmín̓t

Question 5

in those days

Answer 5

pn̓ičíʔ

Question 6

catch fish

Answer 6

kɬqaqxʷl̓xm̓

Question 7

pray for something

Answer 7

k̓ʕaʔxt

Question 8

to bud

Answer 8

tplikst

Question 9

The Salish and their land

Answer 9

iʔ syilx naʔɬ iʔ tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷsəl̓x

Question 10

The Syilx are a beautiful people and their land is beautiful.

Answer 10

x̌ast t sqilxʷ iʔ syilx uɬ x̌ast iʔ tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷs.

Question 11

It [their land] has rivers and lakes.

Answer 11

ksaʔsaʔtítkʷ uɬ kɬt̓ək̓ʷt̓ik̓ʷt.

Question 12

They live in valleys between mountains covered in green forests.

Answer 12

l̓ lʕaʔlʕaʔtíw̓s kiʔ kʷliw̓t iʔ wswist k̓m̓ɬəniw̓ts xʷʔit aʔ čc̓l̓c̓al̓.

Question 13

A long time ago, whatever the Syilx needed, it was there to be had.

Answer 13

q̓sápiʔ iʔ syilx xiʔmíx stim̓ yʕaʔtmísəl̓x uɬ way̓ ilíʔ kskʷnúiʔs

Question 14

Salmon, ling cod, and many different kinds of fish filled the rivers and lakes.

Answer 14

q̓ʷic̓t iʔ saʔsaʔtítkʷ naʔɬ t̓ək̓ʷt̓ik̓ʷt t n̓ty̓tyix, spqʷlič uɬ nixʷ čt̓əxʷt̓ixʷlm̓ t qaqxʷl̓x

Question 15

The bitterroot and biscuit root grew well there in the meadows.

Answer 15

iʔ sp̓iƛ̓m̓ naʔɬ c̓x̌ʷlúsaʔ x̌ast ilíʔ čpl̓plal̓ l̓ x̌sx̌súlaʔxʷ

Question 16

And everywhere the people’s food berries were growing.

Answer 16

uɬ yʕat taʔkín̓ iʔ sp̓y̓qaɬq čpl̓plal̓ ksʔiɬn̓s iʔ sqilxʷ

Question 17

The Syilx hunted deer, mountain sheep, caribou, and bear.

Answer 17

iʔ syilx čpix̌sts iʔ sƛ̓aʔčínm̓ , yilíkʷl̓xkn̓ , styíɬc̓aʔ, skm̓xist.

Question 18

There were many animals for them to hunt.

Answer 18

uɬ xʷʔit itlíʔ iʔ tmixʷ čpix̌stəl̓x.

Question 19

They gathered plants that grew for their medicine, which grew everywhere.

Answer 19

tixʷməl̓x t aʔ čpl̓plal̓ t sk̓ʷan̓ɬq kɬmrim̓stn̓səl̓x ixíʔ yʕat taʔkín̓ čplal̓

Question 20

In those days, life was not easy, but we had everything that we needed to live.

Answer 20

pn̓ičíʔ lut stim̓ t̓iy̓t̓y̓m̓t, nax̌m̓ɬ yʕat stim̓ syʕaʔyʕáʔtət čkakíčstm̓

Question 21

Now many things have changed in the land of the Syilx, but the Syilx still live there.

Answer 21

ʕapnáʔ xʷʔit iʔ stim̓ k̓ɬʔiy̓s l̓ syilx iʔ tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷs, nax̌m̓ɬ pútiʔ ilíʔ čkʷliw̓t iʔ syilx

Question 22

We still catch fish, and gather roots and berries

Answer 22

pútiʔ kʷu čkłqaqxʷl̓xm̓, kʷu čwic̓m̓ uł nixʷ kʷu sq̓ʷl̓q̓ʷliw̓m̓ t sp̓y̓qałq

Question 23

We hunt

Answer 23

kʷu čpix̌m̓

Question 24

We still gather and make our medicine.

Answer 24

pútiʔ čtixʷstm̓ iʔ mrim̓stn̓ uł čk̓ʷul̓stm̓ iʔ kłmrim̓stn̓tət

Question 25

We pray for our land.

Answer 25

čk̓ʕaʔxtm̓ iʔ tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷtət

Question 26

We sing and we war dance.

Answer 26

kʷu čn̓kʷnim̓ uł kʷu čwan̓x.

Question 27

And we still speak n̓syil̓xčn̓

Answer 27

uł pútiʔ kʷu čn̓ql̓qilxʷčn̓ t n̓syil̓xčn̓

Question 28

Spring raises the sun.

Answer 28

qipčm̓ čnw̓is iʔ x̌iyáɬnxʷ

Question 29

The day returns.

Answer 29

ɬčp̓lak̓ iʔ sx̌l̓x̌ʕal̓t

Question 30

The night is cool.

Answer 30

c̓aɬt iʔ sn̓kʷəkʷʔač.

Question 31

The day is warm.

Answer 31

iʔ sx̌l̓x̌ʕal̓t čkʷaʔál̓.

Question 32

The plants and trees bud and flower.

Answer 32

iʔ sk̓ʷan̓ɬq naʔɬ sc̓l̓c̓al̓ tplikst uł c̓aʔc̓aʔák̓ʷm̓.