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Nicodemus, Lesson 7

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TSUNCHTM STSUNME' LESSON 7

SEGWET?
Who is it?


	nune'	mother
	pipe'	father
	gugwaqhti'lt	baby


	sqi'ltumkhw	man
	smi'yem	woman
	asquqwese'	boy
	shi'wtm	girl


	ylmikhum	chief
	t'e'kwilsh	medicine man
	t'ik'ut	elder
	syete'ełwlwlim	blacksmith
	syeek'u'lłkhw	carpenter

SEGWET?
	Segwet?	t'u', nune' .
	Who is it?	Well, it is the mother.

	Segwet?	t'u', pipe'.
	Who is it?	Well, it is the father.

	Segwet?	t'u', ylmikhum.
	Who is it?	Well, it is the chief.


	Ssugwit?	t'u', gugwaqhti'lt.
	Who is the little one?	Well, it is the baby.

	Ssugwit?	t'u', asquqwese'.
	Who is the little one?	Well, it is the boy.


	Chn segwet?	t'u', ku t'e'kwilsh.
	Who am I?	Well, you are the medicine man.

	Chn segwet?	t'u', ku t'ik'ut.
	Who am I?	Well, you are the elder.

	Chn segwet?	t'u', ku syete'ełwlwlim.
	Who am I?	Well, you are the blacksmith.


	Kuu segwet?	t'u', chn nune'.
	Who are you?	Well, I am the mother.

	Kuu segwet?	t'u', chn pipe'.
	Who are you?	Well, I am the father.

	Kuu segwet?	t'u', chn ylmikhum.
	Who are you?	Well, I am the chief.


	Ku sti'm?	t'u', chi sqi'ltumkhw.
	What are you?	Well, I am a man.

	Ku sti'm?	t'u', chi smi'yem.
	What are you?	Well, I am a woman.

	Ku sti'm?	t'u', chn shi'wtm.
	What are you?	Well, I am a girl.

nuk'włtsetkhw
One Household
Family

pipe'	father		sme'mulmkhw	a boy's younger sister

nune'	mother		tstsi'ye'	a girl's younger sister

asqw	son		qhipe'	paternal grandfather

st'imche'	daughter		sile'	maternal grandfather

qitsch	a boy's older brother		qine'	paternal grandmother

sintse'	a boy's younger brother		chche'ye'	maternal grandmother

ch'i'yukwe'	a girl's younger brother		qhipe'	grandson (son's son)

'yukwe'	a boy's older sister		sile'	grandson (daughter's son)

NUMBERS
esee'lupen	twenty	esee'lupen'ułqhaqh'nut	twenty-nine

esee'lupen'ułnek'we'	twenty-one	che'łee'lupen	thirty

esee'lupen'uł'esel	twenty-two	musee'lupen	forty

esee'lupen'ułchi'łes	twenty-three	tsilch'lupen	fifty

esee'lupen'ułmus	twenty-four	tuwshech'lupen	sixty

esee'lupen'ułtsil	twenty-five	tsunchtmee'lupen	seventy

esee'lupen'ułtewshecht	twenty-six	he'e'nmee'lupen	eighty

esee'lupen'ułtsunchtm	twenty-seven	qhaqh'nuu'lupen	ninety

esee'lupen'ułhe'i'nm	twenty-eight	nok'o'qin	one hundred

MODERN WORDS IN COEUR D'ALENE

	accordion	sut'eesut'e
		(that which is stretchable)

	acrobat	syanq'eleeyuye'
		(he who swings on a trapeze)

	actor	syee'elmntsut
		(one whose business is to move himself)

	administrator	syeetelmshesh
		(one who settles an estate)

	Afro (hairdo)	atch'a'nqn
		(his hair is puffed out)

	agenda	cheytsk'u'l
		(that which is to be done)

	agent	syanq'e'e'ilgwes
		(one whose business it is to occupy his heart for another)

	agriculture	sk'o'lstq
		(crop making)

	airplane	eeti'te'ł
		(flying machine)

	alien	t'ikhwlm
		(a person of a different family)

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


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