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

Question 1

syilx

Answer 1

Salish

Question 2

wswist

Answer 2

mountains

Question 3

k̓m̓ɬəniw̓t

Answer 3

side / beside

Question 4

yʕaʔtmin̓t

Answer 4

need something

Question 5

pn̓ičíʔ

Answer 5

in those days

Question 6

kɬqaqxʷl̓xm̓

Answer 6

catch fish

Question 7

k̓ʕaʔxt

Answer 7

pray for something

Question 8

tplikst

Answer 8

to bud

Question 9

iʔ syilx naʔɬ iʔ tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷsəl̓x

Answer 9

The Salish and their land

Question 10

x̌ast t sqilxʷ iʔ syilx uɬ x̌ast iʔ tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷs.

Answer 10

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

Question 11

ksaʔsaʔtítkʷ uɬ kɬt̓ək̓ʷt̓ik̓ʷt.

Answer 11

It [their land] has rivers and lakes.

Question 12

l̓ lʕaʔlʕaʔtíw̓s kiʔ kʷliw̓t iʔ wswist k̓m̓ɬəniw̓ts xʷʔit aʔ čc̓l̓c̓al̓.

Answer 12

They live in valleys between mountains covered in green forests.

Question 13

q̓sápiʔ iʔ syilx xiʔmíx stim̓ yʕaʔtmísəl̓x uɬ way̓ ilíʔ kskʷnúiʔs

Answer 13

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

Question 14

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

Answer 14

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

Question 15

iʔ sp̓iƛ̓m̓ naʔɬ c̓x̌ʷlúsaʔ x̌ast ilíʔ čpl̓plal̓ l̓ x̌sx̌súlaʔxʷ

Answer 15

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

Question 16

uɬ yʕat taʔkín̓ iʔ sp̓y̓qaɬq čpl̓plal̓ ksʔiɬn̓s iʔ sqilxʷ

Answer 16

And everywhere the people’s food berries were growing.

Question 17

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

Answer 17

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

Question 18

uɬ xʷʔit itlíʔ iʔ tmixʷ čpix̌stəl̓x.

Answer 18

There were many animals for them to hunt.

Question 19

tixʷməl̓x t aʔ čpl̓plal̓ t sk̓ʷan̓ɬq kɬmrim̓stn̓səl̓x ixíʔ yʕat taʔkín̓ čplal̓

Answer 19

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

Question 20

pn̓ičíʔ lut stim̓ t̓iy̓t̓y̓m̓t, nax̌m̓ɬ yʕat stim̓ syʕaʔyʕáʔtət čkakíčstm̓

Answer 20

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

Question 21

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

Answer 21

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

Question 22

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

Answer 22

We still catch fish, and gather roots and berries

Question 23

kʷu čpix̌m̓

Answer 23

We hunt

Question 24

pútiʔ čtixʷstm̓ iʔ mrim̓stn̓ uł čk̓ʷul̓stm̓ iʔ kłmrim̓stn̓tət

Answer 24

We still gather and make our medicine.

Question 25

čk̓ʕaʔxtm̓ iʔ tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷtət

Answer 25

We pray for our land.

Question 26

kʷu čn̓kʷnim̓ uł kʷu čwan̓x.

Answer 26

We sing and we war dance.

Question 27

uł pútiʔ kʷu čn̓ql̓qilxʷčn̓ t n̓syil̓xčn̓

Answer 27

And we still speak n̓syil̓xčn̓

Question 28

qipčm̓ čnw̓is iʔ x̌iyáɬnxʷ

Answer 28

Spring raises the sun.

Question 29

ɬčp̓lak̓ iʔ sx̌l̓x̌ʕal̓t

Answer 29

The day returns.

Question 30

c̓aɬt iʔ sn̓kʷəkʷʔač.

Answer 30

The night is cool.

Question 31

iʔ sx̌l̓x̌ʕal̓t čkʷaʔál̓.

Answer 31

The day is warm.

Question 32

iʔ sk̓ʷan̓ɬq naʔɬ sc̓l̓c̓al̓ tplikst uł c̓aʔc̓aʔák̓ʷm̓.

Answer 32

The plants and trees bud and flower.