Memory game for practicing colours.
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letám
Letám is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘table‘. You can also use letám for a desk.
q’éyt’e
Q’éyt’e means ‘swing’. You can use it as a noun (as in ‘a swing’) or as a verb (as in ‘to swing’).
Yilawelhát
Yilawelhát is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘Monday’. Literally Yilawelhát means ‘After day’.
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’.
qwà:l
Qwà:l is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘to speak’, or ‘to talk’. You can use it to refer to everyday talking, or talking at a formal speech.
sch’áletstel
Sch’áletstel is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘chair’. Literally it means ‘device for putting your rear end on’.