Nominalizations (kwunus, kwun’s kws …)
Nominalizations (kwunus, kwun’s kws …)
| skw’ey kwunus lumnamu. | I can’t see you. | |
| skw’ey ’u kwun’s ts’ewutham’sh? | Can’t you help me? | |
| skw’ey kws t’ilums thu Mary. | Mary can’t sing. | |
| skw’ey kws nem’ tst tl’tawun. | We can’t go to town.’ | |
| skw’ey kwun’s yaaysulup. | You (pl.) can’t work. |
| (1) | skw’ey kws hul’q’umi’num’s. | |
| He doesn’t speak Hul’q’umi’num’. | ||
| (2) | skw’ey kwunus lumnamu. | |
| I can’t see you. | ||
| (3) | ’uwu kwunus q’ul’me’t. | |
| I don’t believe him. | ||
| (4) | ’uy’ kws nem’ tst t’akw’. | |
| We’d better go home. | ||
| (5) | ni’ ’u ch ’uw’ stsuw’et kwun’s hul’q’umi’num’? | |
| Do you know how to speak Hul’qumi’num’? | ||
| (6) | stsuw’et tsun kwunus xul’um ’u tthu hul’q’umi’num’. | |
| I know how to write Hul’q’umi’num’. | ||
| (7) | nem’ tst tsala’lh ’u kw’ telu kws ’iluqels tst ’u kw’ snuhwulh. | |
| We are going to borrow some money to buy a car. | ||
| (8) | nem’ ’u ch tse’ tl’mutouliye’ kwun’s ts’ewut lhun’ ten? | |
| Are you going to go to Victoria to help your mother? | ||
| (9) | ni’ nem’ tl’mutouliye’ kwus ts’ewutus lhu tens. | |
| He went to Victoria to help his mother. | ||
| (10) | ’i tse’ ’u tu’inulh kwunus qw’im. | |
| I will get off here. | ||
| (11) | ’unuhw tseep kwun’s ’i xuxulum’ulup. | |
| (You all) stop writing! | ||
| (12) | ts’ehwul’ tseep kwun’s ’i qwaqwul’ulup. | |
| (You all) stop talking! | ||
| (13) | sqi’qul’ ’u tseep kwun’s ts’ewutulup ’u tthu syaaysth? | |
| Don’t you all know how to help him with his work? | ||
| (14) | sqi’qul’ ’u ch kwun’s t’itsum? | |
| Don’t you know how to swim? | ||
| (15) | ’uy’ nu shqwaluwun kwunus lumnamu. | |
| I’m happy to see you. | ||
| (16) | ’iyus nu shqwaluwun kwunus nem’ yaays. | |
| I’m happy to go to work. | ||
| (17) | ’uy’ kwun’s nem’ ’itut ’u tun’a st’e ’u tthey’. | |
| It would be good for you to go sleep right now. | ||
| (18) | qul kwun’s qaa’qa’ ’u tthu lem. | |
| It’s bad for you to be drinking alcohol. |
Some Reasons:
| (19) | nan tsun ’uw’ titiya’xw. | I’m too busy. | |
| (20) | nan tsun ’uw’ slhtsiw’s. | I’m too tired. | |
| (21) | nan tsun ’uw’ q’a’q’i’. | I’m too sick. | |
| (22) | nan tsun ’uw’ sqi’qul’. | I really don’t know how. |