People and Pronouns
1. Vocabulary
In this table, click on a Hul’q’umi’num’ word to hear the sound.
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| ‘woman’ | |
| ‘man’ | |
| ‘teenage girl’ | |
| ‘teenage boy’ | |
| ‘child’ | |
| ‘baby’ | |
| ‘person’, ‘people’ | |
| ‘elder’ | |
| ‘respected person’ | |
| ‘friend’ | |
| ‘First Nations person’ | |
| ‘white person’ | |
| ‘school teacher’ | |
| ‘teacher’ | |
| Plural | |
|---|---|
| ‘women’ | |
| ‘men’ | |
| ‘teenage girls’ | |
| ‘teenage boys’ | |
| ‘children’ | |
| ‘babies | |
| ‘peoples’ | |
| ‘elders’ | |
| ‘respected people’ | |
| ‘friends’ | |
| ‘First Nations people’ | |
| ‘white people’ | |
| ‘school teachers’ | |
| ‘teachers’ | |
2. Phrases
| nilh ’a’lu lhwet tu’i? | ‘Who is this?’ | |
| nilh ’a’lu lhwet tthey’? | ‘Who is that (male)?’ | |
| nilh ’a’lu lhwet they’? | ‘Who is that (female)?’ | |
| nilh ’u John? | ‘Is he John?’ |
3. Pronouns
Click on a word or sentence to hear it.
| ‘I’, ‘It is me/I’ | |
| ‘you’, ‘It is you’ | |
| ‘we’, ‘It is us’ | |
| ‘you (pl)’ | |
| ‘he, she, it’ | |
| ‘they’ |
| ‘I’m Mary.’ | |
| ‘Are you Mary?’ | |
| ‘We are John and Mary.’ | |
| ‘He’s John.’ |
Homework: Questions and Answers
(1) Ask “Who is that…. man, teenage girl, teacher (male), white person (female)… and then answer.
(2) Ask: “How many _____ sang?”
Make 4 questions choosing your own nouns. And then answer.
(3) Ask: “How many _____ ran?” and then answer.
Make 6 questions choosing your own noun. And then answer.