Unit 1 – Naming Things
Unit 1 – Naming Things
Contents
1.1 Dialogue.
| A. | wet tə nəwə? | ‘Who are you?’ | |
| B. | ʔe:nθə John. | ‘I’m John. | |
| wet k̓ʷəθ skʷix? | What’s your name?’ | ||
| A. | ʔe:nθə Donna. | ‘I’m Donna.’ | |
| wet tθeʔ? | Who is that? | ||
| B. | Bob tθeʔ. | ‘That’s Bob.’ | |
| A. | nəwé: skʷul̓stən̓əq? | ‘Are you a teacher?’ | |
| B. | heʔe, wə ʔe:nθə m̓ə skʷul̓stən̓əq. | ‘Yes, I’m indeed a teacher.’ |
1.2 Vocabulary: things around the classroom.
| pukʷ | ‘book’ – from English | |
| lətém | ‘table’ – from Chinook Jargon from French le table | |
| pipə | ‘paper’ – from Chinook Jargon from English | |
| x̌əl̓tən, sxʷx̌əx̌éyəl̓s | ‘pen’, ‘pencil’ | |
| k̓ʷaxʷaʔ | ‘box’ | |
| šxʷc̓eʔənctən | ‘chair’ | |
| t̓amən | ‘wall’ | |
| xeł | ‘door’ – this also means ‘road’, ‘path’ | |
| łx̌ənəptən | ‘floor’ | |
| weč | ‘clock’, ‘watch’ – from English | |
| həy̓qʷí:n̓ | ‘light’ | |
| šxʷk̓ʷcastən | ‘window’ |
1.3 Emphatic pronouns.
| ʔe:nθə, ʔənθə | ‘me’ | łniməł | ‘us’ |
| nəwə | ‘you’ | łwələp | ‘you (pl)’ |
| ƛ̓a | ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘it’ | ƛ̓aləm | ‘they’ |
1.4 Questions and Answers.
| stem təʔí? | ‘What is this?’ | |
| stem ʔaʔa təʔí? | ‘Whatever is this?’ – ʔaʔa is also pronounced ʔa:. | |
| stem tθeʔ? | ‘What is that?’ | |
| stem ʔaʔa tθeʔ? | ‘Whatever is that?’ | |
| wet tθeʔ? | ‘Who is that?’ – referring to a male | |
| wet θeʔ? | ‘Who is that? – referring to a female | |
| nəwé: John? | ‘Are you John?’ – nəwé: is a contraction of nəwə ‘you’ and ʔə, the question particle. | |
| wet k̓ʷəθ skʷix? | ‘What is your name?’ | |
| nəwə təwet? | ‘Who are you?’ | |
| łwələp təwet? | ‘Who are you (pl.)? | |
| x̌əl̓tən təʔí. | ‘This is a pencil/pen.’ | |
| wə x̌əl̓tən m̓ə təʔí. | ‘This is indeed a pen.’ – The particle m̓ə expresses certainty or emphasis. | |
| t̓amən tθeʔ. | ‘That’s a wall.’ | |
| John tθeʔ. | ‘That’s John.’ | |
| Mary θeʔ. | ‘That’s Mary. | |
| ʔe:nθə Betty. | ‘I’m Betty.’ | |
| wə ʔe:nθə m̓ə Betty. | ‘I’m indeed Betty.’ | |
| John k̓ʷə nə skʷix. | ‘My name is John.’ | |
| łniməł John ʔiʔ Mary. | ‘We are John and Mary.’ |
HOMEWORK 1: Naming Things
A. Translate.
- wə ʔe:nθə m̓ə John.
- łwələp ʔə skʷul̓stən̓əq?
- This is indeed a light.
- Are you John?
B. Answer and translate (both the question and the answer).
- wet k̓ʷəθ skʷix?
- wet θeʔ?
- stem ʔaʔa təʔí?