Lesson 1

S7íwes Sxwkw’eshám Nech’ó7 (Lesson Number 1)

Tl’os ta7á xáwas sníchim: (These are your new words:)

tamtám                                     when?
chaxw                                      you
ay                                            “-ing” (in front of a verb [‘ay’ then verb])
oxw                                         go
ta7á ~ tá7a                              (the) your
ilh                                            do, am or are
tan                                           (the) my
syáyosawtxw                            work place, office, etc.
tíya                                           this
nánatoxw                                  morning
c halh                                        we
hoy                                           done, finished
kwom                                       future (will)
ta                                              the, a
syáyos                                       job, work
skwáyil                                     day
a                                              question (marker)
táwan ~ tawn                            town
ówa                                          no
chan                                         I
lálam                                        house
á:7a                                          yes
t’okw’                                      home (to go home)
txwínowet                                doing