Learning to Speak Everyday Lushootseed: Verbs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cry – x̌aab

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laugh – x̌ayəb

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Smile – x̌ayəbus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sing – t̕ilib

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Walk – ʔibəš

 

Lushootseed is a member of the Salish language family, whose approximately twenty surviving languages are spoken from northern Oregon to central British Columbia, and from the Pacific coast eastward into Montana and along the British Columbia-Alberta border.

Translation provided by the Tulalip Lushootseed language department. For more information on the Tulalip Lushootseed language department go to http://www.TulalipLushootseed.com