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Grade 4 – 7 |
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| Introductions Each student will stand up and in hul’q’umi’num say a greeting and introduce themselves |
Uy’ netulh. ‘Een’thu __________. Tun’ni’ tsun ‘utl’__________. (Good-morning. My name is _____. I am from _________. ) |
| Question/Answer Each student will be asked one of the following questions. They will respond in Hul’q’umi’num.a) ‘I i ch ‘o’ sthuthi? (How are you?)b)Skwins kw’un’ shkwan? (When is your birthday?)c) Nilh skw’ins tun’a kweyul, tu lhqelts’ tu sh kw’ush-s tu lhqelts’, tu sil’anum? (What is the date today?) |
a)I tsun ‘o’ sthuthi (I am fine) or ‘Uw-wu tsu ‘iin’ sthuthi’. (I am not well) or Huy ch q’u, ‘i tsun ‘o’ sthuthi’. (I am well thank-you.) b) Nu shkwan ____________. (My birthday is date/month/year) c) (Today is /date/month/year) |
| How do you say…? An adult will read an English phrase to each student. The student will say the phrase in Hul’q’umi’num. |
Nem ‘itut. (Go to sleep) Hwuythut mun’u. (Wake up my child) ‘i-lhe nem ‘utl’-qul. (Lets go outside) Xew’s skweyul. (New day) Hwiyuneem ‘ch. (You listen) ‘O’ ‘iyus ch’ul’ (Have a good time/ be happy) Mi ‘ew-wu. (Come here.) ‘Uy’ snet (Good night) ‘I-lhe nem’ huw’a’lum’. (Lets go play.) Stem ‘a’lu tun’ s’i’lhtun’? (What are you eating?) Hey’ewulh. (Good-bye) |
| Stem a lu’ tu’ ‘i’? (What is it?) An adult will point to a picture and ask each student to say in Hul’q’umi’num what the picture is. |
Numbers: 1 – 20 Animals: spe’uth (black bear) stqeeye’ (wolf) sqwumey’ (dog) yuxwule (bald eagle) mousmus (cow) haputiil’ (grasshopper) skw’ulwexe’ (butterfly) wuxus (frog)) qwuni (seagull) squl’ew’ (beaver) ma’uqw (duck/fowl) pous (cat) spaal’ (raven) stseelhtun (salmon/fish)Parts of the Body: tupsum (back of the neck) slhuq’we’lh (back) t’elo’ (arm) sxun’u (leg)Buildings: snuhwulhew’t-hw (canoe shed) q’aq’i-ew’t-hw (hospital) lelum (house) skoulew’t-hw (school)Colours: tskwim (red) tth’atth’uhwum’ (purple) kwikwutth’ (blue) tsqway (green) kwulalu-alus (orange) luluts’ (yellow) tumulhalus (brown) p’uq’ (white) tsq’ix (black) ts-hwikw’ (gray) kwimulus (pink) |