Emét means ‘to sit down’. Some command forms for TPR are: Emét chexw! – Sit down! (speaking to one person) Emét chap! – Sit down! (speaking to two or more)
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kwút
Kwút means ‘to take’. You can also use if for ‘pick up’.
hálém
Hálém means ‘going’ or ‘to be going’.
Yalh we ol selh lhíxw ew x̲ e’óthel máqa
Yalh we ol selh lhíxw ew x̲ máqa means ‘I was just three or four years old’‘. (Note that Elizabeth repeats the lhíxw twice, literally ‘I was just three—three years old‘. This phrase has many words that do not translate directly into English.)
móleqwet
Móleqwet means ‘to mix’, or ‘to mix (it) up’.
x̲ét’estem
X̲ét’estem means ‘…is said (to be)‘.
xwíléx
Xwíléx means ‘to stand’ or ‘to stand up’. Note: there is also another word, lhx̲éylex, which also means ‘to stand’ or ‘to stand up’.
thét
Thét means ‘to say’ in Halq’eméylem. Note: elders use thét interchangeably with another word, x̲ét’e, which also means ‘to say’.
xwlalámet
Xwlalámet means ‘to listen to’.
xwlalám
Xwlalám is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘to listen’.