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Nicodemus, Lesson 20

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ESEE'LUPEN STSUNME' LESSON 20

LA'QHW
Tomorrow


khwenkwi'ts tonight khwenkwi'ts	khwaala'qhw tomorrow morning khwaala'qhw


khwaala'qhwhenkwi'ts tomorrow night khwaala'qhwhenkwi'ts	la'qhw uł nak'wsq'it day after tomorrow la'qhw uł nak'wsq'it


ne'ułnuk'wł ni'tli'wes next week ne'ułnuk'wł ni'tli'wes	ne'ułnuk'wł ałdarench next month ne'ułnuk'wł ałdarench


ne'ułnuk'wspintch next year ne'ułnuk'wspintch	ne'uk'uk'w'ni'ye' in the near future ne'uk'uk'w'ni'ye'


q'esp khwa ta'l'aaqi in the distant future q'esp khwa ta'l'aaqi

THINKING IN THE FUTURE

chitu's chiłshitsn asq'wlalgwastq khwa aspa.
I came over to bring you some fruit yesterday
	chitu's chiłshitsn asq'wlalgwastq.
	I came over to bring you some fruit.

khwaala'qhw k'wne'ułchitu's chiłshitsn annak'wa'alqs ha sq'wlalgwastq.
Tomorrow I will come back to bring you some different fruit.
	(Tomorrow will I again come over to give you another kind of that which is fruit.)
	k'wne'ułchitu's.
	I will come over.

'mi'y'mi'yshitsekhw anqhqhasa'lqs khwa aspa.
You told me a beautiful story yesterday.

k'wne' 'mi'y'mi'yshitsekhw anqhqhasqhasa'lqs khwaala'qhw.
You will tell me some other beautiful stories tomorrow.

k'u'ltsntsutshitelis aaqhe hee'yiłn khwa aspa.
Yesterday she cooked us a delicious meal.
	(She cooked for us that which is good food yesterday.)
	k'u'ltsntsutshitelis
	S/he cooked it for us.
	k'u'ltsntsut
	S/he cooked.

k'wne' u'łk'u'ltsntsutshitelis aaqhe hee'yiłn khwaala'qhw.
Tomorrow she will cook us another delicious meal.
	(She will again cook for us that which is good food tomorrow.)
	k'wne' u'łk'u'ltsntsutshitelis.
	She will cook for us again.

shnnshitulmit khwa aspa.
Yesterday we worked for you.
	shnnshitulmit
	we worked for you.

ne' kupshnnshish khwaala'qhw.
You will work for us tomorrow.
	kupshnnshish
	you worked for us.

kuptsunme'shesh khwe sqhesiłkhump khwa aspa.
You showed us your beautiful home yesterday.
	kuptsunme'shesh
	you showed it to us.

khwaala'qhw k'wne'ułteetsunme'łtulmit khwe ch'ullipust.
Tomorrow we will show you ours.
	(Tomorrow will in turn we show to you that which is ours.)
	teetsunme'łtulmit
	we showed it to you.

(use'lst' 'maltmslsh khwa aspa.
Yesterday they lost their cows.

k'wne' uł gwiche'lst' 'maltmslsh khwaala'qhw.
Tomorrow they will find them.
	(Will again see they their cows tomorrow.)

THINKING IN COEUR D'ALENE

t'uk'wiltm	She delivered a baby.
	(She put down an offspring.)

tqhesiple'	He was a parasite.
	(He benefited from the goods of another.)

gu'l'ołkhwalqw.	He passed away.
	( He went under a log. )

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Audio pronunciations: Lawrence Nicodemus
Illustrations: Gary LaSarte, and Lawrence Aripa.


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