haʔɬ dadatut kʷi bək̓ʷ gʷat. Hello everyone we will be going over verbs and animals from on of our translated stories. Little Beaver and his Echo.
st̕iʔt̕əqxʷ – little beaver
buʔqʷ – duck
ʔaləšək – turtle
sq̓aƛ̕- otter
scapaʔ st̕əqxʷ – grandpa beaver
ʔuqʷiiʔaad – to yell/call out.
ʔux̌aab – to cry
ləʔuluɬ – to travel by water

Be a Language warrior through this Pandemic. Continue with “Brown Bear” & “Beaver and his Echo”

Miss Celum’s missing her school friends so bad. Thinking of you guys. I love you!!

Here’s some words from the story 💙

stəbtabəl̕ – brown bear
yəx̌ʷəlaʔ – eagle
buʔqʷ – duck
stiqiw – horse
waq̓waq̓ – frog
pišpiš – cat
sqʷəbayʔ – dog
qal̕qaləx̌ič – killer whale
sʔuladxʷ – salmon

Please Drop your lil loves favorite color in the comments

Please tag your Betty J. Taylor Early Learning Academy in the comments as well as any families who would like to learn some Lushootseed words and phrases

stəbtabəl̕, stəbtabəl̕, stab čəxʷ ʔəsšudxʷ” Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?

A few key phrases, I didn’t have the physical book with me so I can I wanted to be a bit more interactive for the kiddos.

stab čəxʷ ʔəsšudxʷ – what do you see?
gʷəʔəy̓dxʷ čəxʷ ti ____ – please find the
day̓ haʔɬ – good job
stəbtabəl̕ – brown bear
yəx̌ʷəlaʔ – eagle
buʔqʷ – duck
stiqiw̓ – horse
waq̓waq̓ – frog
pišpiš – cat
sqʷəbayʔ – dog
qal̕qaləx̌ič – killer whale
sʔuladxʷ – salmon

Please leave the name of your favorite animal below. Tomorrow we will be learning the colors of the animals. t̕igʷicid

Lushootseed teacher Thomas Williams goes over songs like family respect song. Also vocabulary Brown bear – stəbtabəl̕, horse – stiqiw̓, dog – sqʷəbayʔ, cat – pišpiš, duck – buʔqʷ, frog – waq̓waq̓, eagle – yəx̌ʷəlaʔ, orca – qal̕qaləx̌ič, salmon – sʔuladxʷ.