FNLG 331 - Lesson One - Object Project
mukw' stem 'uw' tsxwi'em'.
Everything has a story.
| stem | 'what?' | |
| stem 'a'lu? | 'whatever is it?' | |
| mukw' stem | 'everything, anything' | |
| 'uw' stem 'ul' | 'whatever' | |
| tum'tem | 'when?' | |
| stsekwul' | 'how?' | |
| stsekwul'a'lus | 'what color?' | |
| lhwet | 'who?' | |
| t-hwtuwet | 'whose?' | |
| nutsim' | 'why?' | |
| 'untsu | 'where?' | |
| tun'untsu | 'from where?' | |
| hwtsel | 'go where?' | |
| ha' | 'if, when' |
| (1) | mukw' stem sun'iw' 'u thun' lelum' 'i' 'uw' tsqwul'qwul'. | |
| Everything in your house has a story. | ||
| (2) | lumtsunum 'u thun' lelum' 'un' suw' kwunut kw' nuts'a' 'uw' stem 'ul' 'un' suw' sqwul'qwul'. | |
| Look around your house and take one object to talk about. | ||
| (3) | nem' ch tse' lumstuhw kwthu skwuloukwul' 'un' suw' qwul'qwul' 'u kwthu shtun'ni's. | |
| You will show it in class and talk about its history. | ||
| (4) | ni' tun'untsu, 'i' t-hwtuwet syaays? | |
| Where did it come from and who made it? | ||
| (5) | ni' kwu'elh stsekwul' 'un'sh 'i hwukwun'et? | |
| How did you come to have it? | ||
| (6) | ni' wulh stsekwul' kws hiths kwun's 'i hwukwun'et? | |
| How long have you had it? | ||
| (7) | ni' ch kwu'elh 'untsustuhw 'u kwun's ni' 'u lhun' lelum'? | |
| Where is it located in your house? | ||
| (8) | ni' stsekwul' kws this nii shul'akw', nii tl'eqt, nii plhet, 'uw' niis ts'umiil'? | |
| How big it is, is it round, is it long, is it thick or is it thin? | ||
| (9) | nii tl'uxw, nii mul'ul, nii sthuthekw', 'uw' niis mut'mut'? | |
| Is it hard, is it soft, is is straight, or is it flexible? | ||
| (10) | suw' ni's stsekwul'a'lus? | |
| What colour it is? | ||
| (11) | nilh kwu'elh tun'ni' 'u tthu stem? | |
| What was it made from? | ||
| (12) | ni' yustsekwul' kwus thuytum? | |
| How was it made? | ||
| (13) | ni' kwu'elh stsekwul' 'un'sh ni' tl'i'stuhw? | |
| How is it important to you? | ||
| (14) | nilh 'u 'uw' swe's syaaysth 'un'sh ni' tl'i'stuhw? | |
| Is it because she/he made it that it's important to you? | ||
| (15) | nii' 'un' xaamus tthu ni' s'ehwe'thamut? | |
| Does what you were given remind you of someone or something? | ||
| (16) | ha' ch s'ehwe' 'u kwthuw' stem 'ul' 'i' ni' ch hwuslulum'a'lus 'u kwthu ni' shtun'ni's. | |
| If you are given something from someone, then you can visualize the person it comes from. | ||
| (17) | ha' 'u ch lumnuhw kwthey' 'i' ni' ch hukw'me't kwthu na'nuts'a' tswe'? | |
| When you see the object, do you think about the person who it belonged to? | ||
| (18) | lhwet kw'u ni' hukw'me'tuhw 'u kwun's ni' lumnuhw tthey'? | |
| When you see that object, who does it remind you of? | ||
| (19) | ni' 'u hukw'staam 'u kwthu nuts'a' sil'anum 'i' niilh ni' kwthu nuw' tstamut 'ul'? | |
| Are you reminded about a certain year when something happened to someone? | ||
| (20) | nutsim' 'a'lu 'un'sh 'i le'lum'stun'uq 'u tun'a? | |
| Why are you showing this to the class today? | ||
| (21) | tsustuhw ch tse' tun'a, nii ch tse' 'amust kw'uw' lhwet 'ul'? | |
| What are you going to do with this object, are you going to give it to someone? | ||
| Revised 2013-06-03. | Back to Table of Contents |