These are the Lushootseed phrases contained in the General Managers Report for the week of June 29th, 2009

pədstəgʷad tiʔiɫ.  

It is June.

ʔəsšudxʷ čəxʷ ʔu ti stəgʷad.   

Have you seen the salmon berries?

ʔəsx̌aƛ̕txʷ čəd kʷi gʷədsc̓əbəbiluɫ.

I like to go out and pick berries.

The suffix "-iluɫ" means "to go out and do something".  In this case, which means "pick berries".  If you wanted to say "to go out and eat," you’d say, "ʔəɫədiluɫ."

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.