FNLG 231 - Math Lesson One
Counting
kw'shem ‘count’
kw'in ‘how many?’
| nuts'a' | ‘one’ | | 'apun 'i' kw' nuts'a' | 'eleven' |
| yuse'lu | ‘two’ | | 'apun 'i' kw' yuse'lu | 'twelve' |
| lhihw | ‘three’ | | 'apun 'i' kw' lhihw | 'thirteen' |
| xu'athun | ‘four’ | | 'apun 'i' kw' xu'athun | 'fourteen' |
| lhq'etsus | ‘five’ | | 'apun 'i' kw' lhq'etsus | 'fifteen' |
| t'xum | ‘six’ | | 'apun 'i' kw' t'xum | 'sixteen' |
| tth'a'kwus | ‘seven’ | | 'apun 'i' kw' tth'a'kwus | 'seventeen' |
| te'tsus | ‘eight’ | | 'apun 'i' kw' te'tsus | 'eighteen' |
| toohw | ‘nine’ | | 'apun 'i' kw' too:hw | 'nineteen' |
| 'apun | ‘ten’ | | tskw'ush | 'twenty' |
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Addition and subtraction
| _____ | 'i' | ts'hwat kw' | _______ | ni' | hwu_______. |
| nuts'a' | 'i' | ts'hwat kw' | nuts'a' | ni' | hwuyuse'lu. |
| 1 + 1 = 2 ('One and add a one became two.') |
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| _____ | 'i' | me'sh | kw' | _____ | ni' | hwu_________. |
| 'apun | 'i' | me'sh | kw' | t'xum | ni' | hwuxu'athun. |
| 10 – 6 =4 ('Ten and take off a six became four.') |
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Homework
Write these equations out in Hul'q'umi'nu'm' and give the answer.
Then practice and be ready to do them out loud in class next week.
| (1) 2 + 3 | (8) 20 – 11 |
| (2) 6 – 2 | (9) 14– 9 |
| (3) 4 – 3 | (10) 12 + 8 |
| (4) 10 + 3 | (11) 4 + 16 |
| (5) 8 + 3 | (12) 6 – 2 |
| (6) 13 – 8 | (13) 14 + 3 |
| (7) 7 + 8 | (14) 20 – 3 |