ts’tl’ém

Ts’tl’ém means ‘to jump‘. To use it as a command (as for ‘TPR’ games), you can say either:

• Ts’tl’ém chexw! (if commanding one person to jump), or
• Ts’tl’ém chap! (if commanding two or more).

Pronunciation

Ts’tl’ém sounds like tsitt-LUM, except that there are catch-in-the-throat (glottal stop) sounds: one after the first ts, and another after the second t sound (tl‘ = t + ‘ + lh).

Audio: Elizabeth Herrling

-ing form

Ts’tl’ém has a special ‘-ing‘ (‘continuative’) form, to describe an ongoing action, like this: ts’átl’em – jumping (audio here).