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Lesson-4: sx̌əčtəd (Numbers)

David September 23, 2021 11:26 am Main, mmyles, ngobin

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 September 22, 2021 3:44 pm Main, mmyles, ngobin

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.

Lushootseed Community Lesson 7-12-2021

David July 13, 2021 1:31 pm Main

Lushootseed Lesson 1 – July 12-15 – Power Point Download

The Tulalip Lushootseed Department is hosting weekly Lushootseed Language and Culture lessons beginning this week through September.

This week Natosha Gobin will be hosting the lessons! She’ll be sharing how to pronounce local tribe names and how they were documented at the time of the sound change.

I will also be teaching how to say “Tulalip”, tell a traditional story and more!