Phrases for July 26th 2010

These are the Lushootseed phrases contained in Tulalip Matters for the week of July 26th, 2010

ʔuƛ̕a čəxʷ ʔu ti sbiʔbədaʔ.		Have you gone to Spee-bi-dah?
xʷiʔ, ʔuʔəx̌ix̌əd.		No, what happens there?
ƛ̕uɫiltəb ʔə kʷi qah tuľ čaʔkʷ sʔəɫəd. ƛ̕uʔukʷukʷ ti wiw̓suʔ gʷəɫ ƛ̕uǰiq̓alad^zəd ti ʔaciɫtalbixʷ.		There is lots of food for everyone. The kids play games and there is beach seining.
ɫuƛ̕a čəd ʔal tiʔəʔ sǰəlc̓.		I will go this year.

Lushootseed has a word for giving something to someone, ʔabyid; but there is a special word when the gift is of food: ɫild.

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.