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

Question 1

The Syilx are a beautiful people living in a beautiful land of rivers and lakes

Answer 1

x̌ast t sqilxʷ iʔ syilx uł x̌ast iʔ tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷs kłsaʔsaʔtítkʷ uł kłt̓k̓ʷt̓ik̓ʷt

Question 2

The Syilx people have a large territory, and there are a lot of them

Answer 2

k̓łsl̓xʷʔúlaʔxʷ iʔ syilx iʔ tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷs uł txʷaʔxʷʔítəl̓x

Question 3

Colville-Okanagan language is not too different from the Salish of Quilcena or the Flatheads

Answer 3

iʔ n̓syil̓xčn̓ lut t̓ lkʷut tl̓ N̓łəq̓iłml̓x uł k̓l̓ n̓pil̓qn̓čn̓ aʔ čn̓syil̓xčnm̓

Question 4

They live in valleys between mountains covered in green forests

Answer 4

l̓ lʕaʔlʕaʔtíw̓s kiʔ kʷliw̓t iʔ wswist k̓m̓łəniw̓ts xʷʔit aʔ čc̓l̓c̓al̓

Question 5

They watched the chief from all sides

Answer 5

txət̓n̓tisəl̓x iʔ k̓m̓k̓m̓łəniw̓ts iʔ y̓lmixʷm̓

Question 6

Get on the horse from the side

Answer 6

iʔ tl̓ k̓m̓łəniw̓ts iʔ sn̓kłc̓aʔsqáx̌aʔ mi kʷ k̓am̓tíw̓s

Question 7

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

Answer 7

q̓sápiʔ, iʔ syilx xiʔmíx stim̓ yʕatmísəl̓x uł way̓ ilíʔ kskʷnúiʔs

Question 8

Now if you need anything you have a hard time to get it

Answer 8

ʕapnáʔ łə yʕatmín̓txʷ iʔ stim̓ kʷ kłčw̓čaw̓t mi kʷnun̓txʷ

Question 9

The Salish kids have a great need for the old teachings

Answer 9

iʔ syilx iʔ sqʷsqʷasíʔas iʔ n̓c̓x̌ʷil̓tn̓ iʔ syʕaʔyʕáʔtsəl̓x

Question 10

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

Answer 10

pn̓ičíʔ, lut stim̓ t̓ít̓iym̓t, nax̌m̓ł yʕat stim̓ syʕaʔyʕáʔtət čkakíčstm̓

Question 11

Right then he went back

Answer 11

t̓iʔ pn̓ičíʔ uł łxʷuy̓

Question 12

Don’t you remember back then we were found out?

Answer 12

haʔ n̓łək̓ʷk̓ʷmin̓txʷ pn̓ičíʔ uł way̓ kʷu miyáp

Question 13

Back then we really had fun

Answer 13

pn̓ičíʔ taʔlíʔ kʷu čn̓piyíl̓s

Question 14

We still fish, and gather roots and berries

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Where do you go to get ling cod?

Answer 15

k̓aʔkín̓ kiʔ kʷ čkłqaqxʷl̓xm̓ t spqʷlič ?

Question 16

They went to Quilcena to fish for kokanee.

Answer 16

xʷuy̓y̓əl̓x k̓l̓ N̓łəq̓iłml̓x kłqaqxʷl̓xm̓ t kəkniʔ

Question 17

We pray for our land

Answer 17

čk̓ʕaʔxtm̓ iʔ tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷtət

Question 18

They prayed for the sick

Answer 18

k̓ʕaʔxtsəl̓x aʔ čq̓al̓ʔíl̓t

Question 19

Where ever you are you can pray

Answer 19

t̓iʔ xiʔmíx kʷ laʔkín̓ uł kʷ čk̓ʕawm̓

Question 20

The plants and the trees gets buds and flowers

Answer 20

iʔ sk̓ʷan̓łq naʔł sc̓l̓c̓al̓ tplikst uł c̓aʔc̓aʔák̓ʷm̓

Question 21

In the spring the aspens get little buds

Answer 21

qipčm̓ uł kpupl̓kstm̓ iʔ ml̓ml̓tiłp

Question 22

The cottonwoods get little buds and then bud out

Answer 22

kpupl̓kstm̓ sič kplikst iʔ ml̓mul̓x