ʔəskiis ti yəl̕yəlabčəɬ ʔal ti qadbidčəɬ, qʷibyitubuɬ ʔə kʷi šəgʷɬ.
Our ancestors stand behind us, and set the path before us.
By Bernard Daniel Duplessis
Archives: Phrases
Lushootseed phrases that can be used as a building block for more sentences.
ɬuɬčil čəɬ dxʷʔal ti saliʔačiʔ sbək̓ʷačiʔ ʔi ti ʔulub ʔi ti č̓uʔ.
It is going to be 2011.
tux̌ʷ čəɬ ɬuč̓əɬab ʔə ti hudalikʷ ʔal ti səxʷč̓əɬab.
Let’s just watch the fireworks on TV.
ʔah ʔu kʷ(i) adsšəɬx̌əčəb.
Did you make a resolution?
ɬukʷaʔəd čəd ti sbadəš.
I’m going to give up smoking.