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Month: September 2021

Lesson-4: sx̌əčtəd (Numbers)

David Main, mmyles, ngobin
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Lesson 4: sx̌əčtəd (Numbers)

č̓uʔ – one
saliʔ – two
ɬixʷ – three
buus – four
cəlac – five
yəlaʔc – six
c̓uʔkʷs – seven
təqačiʔ – eight
x̌ʷəl – nine
ʔulub – ten
saliʔačiʔ – twenty
lixʷačiʔ – thirty
buusačiʔ – forty
cəlacačiʔ – fifty
yəlaʔcačiʔ – sixty
c̓uʔkʷsačiʔ – seventy
təqačiʔačiʔ – eighty
x̌ʷəlačiʔ – ninety
sbək̓ʷačiʔ – one-hundred

Sentences:

k̓ʷidəladxʷ – How old are you?
buusačiʔəladxʷ čəd ʔi kʷi ɬixʷ – I am 43 years old.
k̓ʷidəladxʷ tsiʔiɬ / tiʔiɬ – How old is she / he?
yəlaʔcačiʔəladxʷ tiʔiɬ ʔi kʷi č̓uʔ – He is 61 years old.
ʔah ʔu kʷi adsx̌əčtəd ʔə ti adsəxʷqʷiʔaac – What is your phone number?

Lesson-3: Action Verbs

David Main, mmyles, ngobin
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Lesson 3: Action Verbs

ʔibəš – walk
təlawil – run
gʷədil – sit
kiis – stand
ʔitut – sleep
ʔəɬəd – eat
qʷuʔqʷaʔdid – drink
kʷukʷcut – cook

Question Words:

lədxʷčadəxʷ čəxʷ – Where are you going?
stab kʷi adsʔuhuy – What are you doing?

Sentences:

ʔuʔibəš čəd dxʷʔal ti store – I am walking to the store.
ʔutəlawil čəd dxʷʔal ti store – I am running to the store
ʔəsgʷədil čəd ʔal ti tibu – I am sitting on the table
ʔəsʔitut čəd – I am sleeping
ʔuʔəɬəd čəd – I am eating
ʔuqʷuʔqʷaʔdid čəd ʔə ti soda – I am drinking a soda
ʔukʷukʷcut čəd ʔə ti sgʷəlub – I am cooking chicken

You may have noticed that there are prefixes added when constructing a sentence. The ʔu- in the front adds –ing to the verb. The ʔəs- prefix is known as a state of being, which also adds an –ing to the verb.

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