Listening Exercises


Play the audio and write down what you think the word is. Then click on the black box to see the transcription of the word. Click again to hide it.

This version uses the Carrier Linguistic Committee writing system.

A

  1. bet  [char]
  2. dugan  [her own arm]
  3. ookui  [her husband]
  4. mai  [berries]
  5. hutnai  [they are drinking]
  6. ndinda ih? [are you sick?]
  7. nawhenikat [they fell]
  8. daninya  [she entered]
  9. taba  [shore]
  10. banuk  [bannock]

B

  1. hoonliz  [skunk]
  2. datsan  [crow]
  3. suscho  [big black bear]
  4. hoh  [while]
  5. yuscho  [large wolf]
  6. skwunlai  [five]
  7. dzoot  [coat]
  8. yus  [wolf]
  9. chilh  [young man]
  10. tsabai  [dolly varden]

C

  1. natilh [he is carrying (st) back]
  2. nahe'alh [they are carrying (st) back]
  3. oochahooncha [he is greedy]
  4. kesgwutcho [mukluks]
  5. ketul [socks]
  6. benaznulkuk [pullover]
  7. nezoonuya [our money]
  8. hutni [they say]
  9. nzoonuya [your (1) money]
  10. k'anughe [bullet pouch]

D

  1. 'oosa'cho [big pail]
  2. daskwun [skewer]
  3. shen whuniz [July]
  4. nandlechonun [September]
  5. hainya [he has come from]
  6. nidudlat [we (2) are floating around]
  7. se'oosa' [my pail]
  8. dudelulh [it is floating]
  9. nuhikel [they did not go around by boat]
  10. nawhe'oosa' [our (2) pail]

E

  1. whudzih  [caribou]
  2. lhulh  [with each other]
  3. besk'ui  [sea gull]
  4. 'udechoo  [first]
  5. dut'ai  [duck]
  6. oot'eke  [her friend]
  7. 'uk'oh  [tracks]
  8. nutehkelh  [you (2+) will go around by boat]
  9. tsa  [beaver]
  10. lhtakoh  [Fraser River]

F

  1. lhi  [dog]
  2. boos  [cat ]
  3. ligok  [chicken]
  4. dunulhmulh [he is boiling (st)]
  5. goh  [rabbit]
  6. duni  [moose ]
  7. dlat [water weed ]
  8. sus  [black bear]
  9. yeztli  [horse ]
  10. musdus  [cow ]

G

  1. gugoos  [pig]
  2. 'us̲bai [sheep ]
  3. nenachahulya [they were good to us]
  4. nahnachadindli [we (2) are thankful for what you (1) have said]
  5. whuz̲tl'oo [he wove (st)]
  6. tsalhts'ul [baby]
  7. dati  [doorway]
  8. tungwul [drum]
  9. 'ugha [fur]
  10. kesgwut [moccasins]

H

  1. chuntusgwulh [stump]
  2. chilhuke [young men]
  3. nghoh [next to you (1)]
  4. lhai [many, much]
  5. 'awhuz [still, yet]
  6. yunyoh [underground]
  7. tsasdli [frog]
  8. sus dulk'un [brown bear]
  9. hububoos [their cat]
  10. ts'uwhuljos̲ [chipmunk]

I

  1. hoot'ukw [leech]
  2. k'ooni [female fish]
  3. slelhukw [eulachon]
  4. 'utl'uz [male fish]
  5. oolagui [his fingernails]
  6. 'ugoos̲ [fish scales]
  7. 'ukuih [fin]
  8. talukwt̲s̲i [salmon head]
  9. ts'ekootoo [wine]
  10. tsambilh [beaver net]

J

  1. 'uka'ut'en [he is trapping]
  2. tsuntsi [Douglas fir]
  3. yaba [coast of ocean]
  4. took'oh [river]
  5. bunk'ut [lake]
  6. duyuk [canyon]
  7. najaz̲ [it snowed]
  8. kw'us̲ [cloud]
  9. oonintasdooz [his eyebrows]
  10. najas̲ [it is snowing]

K

  1. balhats [potlatch]
  2. t̲s̲'oh [hat]
  3. dzoozt'an [shirt]
  4. kegon [shoes]
  5. ketsih [socks]
  6. dulhgus [it is black]
  7. duldzan [it is blue]
  8. nahzoonuya [your (2+) money]
  9. hutni [they say]
  10. 'utni [he says]

L

  1. nzoonuya [your (1) money]
  2. yalhtuk [(s)he is speaking]
  3. nawhulhni [he tells you (2+)]
  4. dulkwahke [Carrier syllabics]
  5. k'abez̲dla [bullet pouch]
  6. dez̲bun [it is full]
  7. yudunulhmulh [(s)he is boiling it]
  8. (s)he is stewing it []
  9. nusches [I am rendering (fat)]
  10. nilhches [you (1) are rendering (fat)]

M

  1. duyuk [canon,rapids]
  2. nandleyaznun [August]
  3. huwhunih [they are awake]
  4. hoohoont'i [they are happy]
  5. whunalhunih [I remember]
  6. t'ehoninz̲un [they know]
  7. hubughunek [their words]
  8. d̲z̲ulhcho [big mountain]
  9. hubu'atke [their wives]
  10. [nahghunek your (2+) words]

Revision of 2021-03-18.