Archive | Torchlighting-words and phrases

Lhi kw’es ew lhíxw o te sxélches means ‘sometimes his catch is just three’.

Ew lhíxw o te sxélches means ‘his catch is just three’.

Ew lhíxw o te sxélche means ‘the catch is just three‘.

ew lhíxw o… means ‘just three…’.

Os lheq su la thq’étes álhtel, mes kweléxwes te sth’óqwi means ‘So (they) spear them, to catch the fish.’.

…mes kweléxwes te sth’óqwi means ‘…to get the fish’.

Su la theq’étes álhtel. means ‘So (they) spear them’.

Kwélexw means ‘to get, to catch’. You can use it to talking about catching a fish, catching an animal, or catching a ball or other object.

Thq’ét means ‘to spear (it)’. Elders normally use this to talk about spearing fish, but you can also use it to talk about spearing other things too.

Lamexw kw’étslexw te sth’óqwi li te tl’ép, os lheq sus tl’o kw’e le ew í:tet o, kw’áy kw’ses kwíyx̲thets! means ‘If you see the fish below, it’s always like they’re just sleeping, they can’t move!’