Numbers 1-20, adding and subtracting

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1. Counting

kw’shem ‘count’

kw’in ‘how many?’

nuts’a’ ‘one’
yuse’lu ‘two’
lhihw ‘three’
xu’athun ‘four’
lhq’etsus ‘five’
t’xum ‘six’
tth’a’kwus ‘seven’
te’tsus ‘eight’
toohw ‘nine’
‘apun ‘ten’
‘apun ‘i’ kw’ nuts’a’ ‘eleven’
‘apun ‘i’ kw’ yuse’lu ‘twelve’
‘apun ‘i’ kw’ lhihw ‘thirteen’
‘apun ‘i’ kw’ xu’athun ‘fourteen’
‘apun ‘i’ kw’ lhq’etsus ‘fifteen’
‘apun ‘i’ kw’ t’xum ‘sixteen’
‘apun ‘i’ kw’ tth’a’kwus ‘seventeen’
‘apun ‘i’ kw’ te’tsus ‘eighteen’
‘apun ‘i’ kw’ too:hw ‘nineteen’
tskw’ush ‘twenty’

2. Addition and subtraction

_____ ‘i’ ts’hwat kw’ _______ ni’ hwu_______.
nuts’a’ ‘i’ ts’hwat kw’ nuts’a’ ni’ hwuyuse’lu.
1 + 1 = 2 (‘One and add a one became two.’)
_____ ‘i’ me’sh kw’ _____ ni’ hwu_________.
‘apun ‘i’ me’sh kw’ t’xum ni’ hwuxu’athun.
10 – 6 =4 (‘Ten and take off a six became four.’)

3. Homework

Write these equations out in Hul’q’umi’num’ and give the answer.
Then practice and be ready to do them out loud in class.

(1) 2 + 3 (8) 20 – 11
(2) 6 – 2 (9) 14– 9
(3) 4 – 3 (10) 12 + 8
(4) 10 + 3 (11) 4 + 16
(5) 8 + 3 (12) 6 – 2
(6) 13 – 8 (13) 14 + 3
(7) 7 + 8 (14) 20 – 3