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Spokane Tribe Language and Culture
Lesson 29:
Past Actions
čqʷlqʷltew̓s
talk on the phone
ʕawʕaw(m)
read
q̓y̓im
write
xʷistlwis
take a walk
ʔac̓c̓x̣
watch TV
ntx̣ʷmusm (p̓ip̓uyšn)
drive (a car)
č̓mtew̓s n snčłc̓asqax̣eʔ
ride a horse
spiʔsc̓eʔ
yesterday
łuʔ skʷkʷʔec
last night
łuʔ sčłʔe
last weekend
Dialogue
stem̓ łuʔ ha sk̓ʷul̓ łuʔ _____________? What did you do (time) ?
łuʔ (time) čn (action). - (time) I (verb).
stem̓ łuʔ ha sk̓ʷul̓ łuʔ spiʔsc̓eʔ ?
łuʔ spiʔsc̓eʔ čn snčłc̓asqax̣eʔ
stem̓ łuʔ ha sk̓ʷul̓ łuʔ skʷkʷʔec ?
łuʔ skʷkʷʔec čn ntx̣ʷmusm
stem̓ łuʔ ha sk̓ʷul̓ łuʔ sčłʔe ?
łuʔ sčłʔe čn ʔac̓c̓x̣
stem̓ łuʔ ha sk̓ʷul̓ łuʔ spiʔsc̓eʔ ?
łuʔ spiʔsc̓eʔ čn čqʷlqʷltew̓s
stem̓ łuʔ ha sk̓ʷul̓ łuʔ skʷkʷʔec ?
łuʔ skʷkʷʔec čn ʕawʕawm
stem̓ łuʔ ha sk̓ʷul̓ łuʔ sčłʔe ?
łuʔ sčłʔe čn q̓y̓im
stem̓ łuʔ ha sk̓ʷul̓ łuʔ spiʔsc̓eʔ ?
łuʔ spiʔsc̓eʔ čn xʷistlwis