These are the Lushootseed phrases contained in Tulalip Matters for the week of January 23rd, 2012.

Grammar:  sk̓ʷuy means mother, “bad” means father and  “ʔəsbap” means busy, and “ʔəsx̌əɫ” means sick. ad- is the possessive meaning yours, and d- is the possessive meaning mine.

Each phrase is said in Lushootseed, then English, and then repeated in Lushootseed three times, with a pause in between, giving people time to repeat the phrase.

If you have a microphone attached to your computer you can also record your voice and compare it to the native speakers.   You will need to press the record button once to activate the function, and then again to record.   You can record as many times as you like once the function is activated.   This function requires Sun's Java.   Once you record a sound, you can save it to your hard drive.