Lushootseed is taught at Heritage High School during the school year. Native American language qualifies as a core course requirement for high school as well as, admission into four-year universities and colleges. The class size at Heritage has grown every year. The students in the class are focusing on conversational language skills as well as storytelling.
_____ ti sləx̌il. — Today is_____.ʔal kʷi ɬudukʷəɬdat. — Tomorrow is_____.ʔal ti tudukʷəɬdat. — Yesterday was _.stab kʷ(i) adsʔhuy ʔal tiʔəʔ stabqsəɬdat. — What are you doing this weekend?
sʔəɬədalʔtxʷ — Restaurant or Caféqiq̓alikʷalʔtxʷ — Jaildəxʷɬič̓idalʔtxʷ — Barber Shopx̌alali — Post officekupihalʔtxʷ — Coffee standsləhalalʔtxʷ — Casinosč̓əɬabalʔtxʷ — Movie Theatre
Sentences:
čad kʷi adsƛ̕a. — Where did you go?ƛ̕a čəd _____ . — I went to the ______.ƛ̕a čəxʷ ʔu _______ . — Did you go to______.xʷiʔ kʷi gʷədsƛ̕a _____. — I didn’t go to the _____.čad kʷi sƛ̕as. — Where did they go?ƛ̕a ______ . — They went to the ______.
puʔtəd — Shirtyəlabcəd — Pantsst̕ək̓ʷabšəd/ st̕ək̓ʷt̕ək̓ʷabšəd — Shoe or Pair of shoesstakəd/ staktakəd — Sock or Pair sockssgʷədic̓aʔ — Underwearƛ̕ac̓apəd — Beltkəpu — Coatšiqʷ — Hat
Sentences:
ʔəsx̌aƛ̕txʷ čəd t(i) adpuʔtəd! — I like your shirt!ʔut̕igʷicid! — Thank you!tul̕čad kʷ(i) adstagʷš ti haʔɬ puʔtəd. — Where did you buy the nice shirt?ʔutagʷš čəd ti dpuʔtəd tul̕ʔal ti ______. — I bought my shirt from ______.ɬutagʷšiluɬ čəɬ! — Let’s go shopping!
kʷədad t(i)adx̌altəd. — Pick up your pencil.bəčad t(i)adx̌altəd. — Put down your pencil.čadəw̓ə t(i)dx̌altəd. — Where’s my pencil?ʔah t(i)adx̌altəd. — Here’s your pencil.ʔah ʔu kʷ(i)adx̌altəd. — Do you have a pencil?ʔi. ʔah t(i)dx̌altəd. — Yes. I have a pencil.xʷiʔ. xʷiʔ kʷi gʷədx̌altəd. — No. I don’t have a pencil.
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