FNLG 231 - Lesson Three: Expressing Time Phrases
| tus | 'get there' | hwtsel | 'go where?' | |
| q'puthut | 'meet' | tsukwsta'mut | 'doing what?' | |
| tl'tawun | 'go to town' | tum'tem | 'when' | |
| tl'taktu | 'go to the doctor' | skw'ins | 'which day' | |
| tl'shhwimelu | 'go to the store' | skw'ey | 'impossible', 'can't' | |
| skwoul | 'go to school' | 'ulhtuniilh | 'eat out' | |
| tsq'ew | 'get paid' | |||
You can place the time phrase first, and then add the the event with 'i' "and".
xu'athun tse' tintun 'i' nem' tsun 'umshashum'. I will go for a walk at 4:00.
Or you can say the event first and then add the time phrase with 'u kw' "at (a)".
nem' tsun tse' 'umsha'sum' 'u kw' xu'athun tintun. I will go for a walk at 4:00.
Note: in either case, place the future tse' in the first part of the sentence (immediately after the first word and after particles like 'u question and pronouns like tsun).
Q1 Copy the questions and then answer:
| kw'in tse' tintun 'i' nem' ch tl'tawun? | What time are you going to town? |
| t'xum tse' tintun 'i' nem' tsun tl'tawun. | I'm going to town at 6:00. |
Q2 For each question, answer with a later time.
| xwum 'u ch 'i' m'i yaays 'u kw' te'tsus tintun? | Can you come to work at 8 o'clock? |
| 'uwu. xwum tsun 'i' m'i yaays 'u kw' lhsuq' tintun kws yul'ew's toohw. | No. I can come to work at half past nine. |