November 2024 Immersion Hand Out
Staying in the language with a fluent speaker:
Let’s talk. (2 ppl)
Bnwbskew
talətonkαne.
Psmqdy/Wlstqy
lewestune.
Could you teach me?
Bnwbskew
mehčəpeht kətakehkimi?
Psmqdy/Wlstqy
mecopal ktokehkimi?
Thank you
Bnwbskew
wəliwəni
Psmqdy/Wlstqy
woliwon
Say it again.
Bnwbskew
mina ita.
Psmqdy/Wlstqy
apc itomon.
What did you say?
Bnwbskew
kekʷ kətitam?
Psmqdy/Wlstqy
keq ktitom?
What is it called?
Bnwbskew
kekʷ kətəli-wihtamən?
Psmqdy/Wlstqy
keq ktoliwihtomon?
I don’t understand you.
Bnwbskew
ahtα kəwewtolo.
Psmqdy/Wlstqy
mate knostulu.
Some words to bridge phrases and keep the conversation going:
…and you?
Bnwbskew
kəyaste?
Psmqdy/Wlstqy
kil-olu tan?
…because…
Bnwbskew
wəsαmi
Psmqdy/Wlstqy
‘sami
…that’s why…
Bnwbskew
ni weči
Psmqdy/Wlstqy
nit weci
…for…
Bnwbskew
wəč
Psmqdy/Wlstqy
ciw
Really?
Bnwbskew
kʷinatte
Psmqdy/Wlstqy
qin-ote
Surely, for certain, it is so
Bnwbskew
ččo
Psmqdy/Wlstqy
cu
For sure, that’s right.
Bnwbskew
kehəla
Psmqdy/Wlstqy
kat-olu
It’s not
Bnwbskew
atα
Psmqdy/Wlstqy
mate
