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  Mót’est is the Halq’eméyel word for ‘to point at’.   You can use Mót’est te’ ______! to ask people to point to various objects …

  Sxéyes (also pronounced sxóyes) is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘head’. You can use it for a human head or the head of an animal, fish, etc. …

  Thóthel is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘mouth’. You can use it to talk about both human and animal mouths, and it’s another good word for TPR. …

  Qélém is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘eye’.  You can use it to talk about both human and animal eyes, and it’s another good word for TPR. …

  This is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘nose’. It’s great for TPR language-learning games …

This is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘day’, and it also means ‘sky’. You will often use it when talking about the weather, or talking about how your day is going …

Éy sounds like the English word “eh”, and it means “good”…

    ‘swíyeqe’ is the traditional Halq’eméylem word for ‘man’.