Lesson One

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

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

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