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Learn to speak the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Sníchim.

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If we had started reducing emissions back in 2000, we'd only have to reduce them by 2% per year to limit warming to 2C by 2100. Today we'd have to reduce them by 5% per year. If we wait another decade, we'd have to reduce them by a massive 9% per year.

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English doesn’t anymore have a different word for you (singular) and you (plural) but Sḵwx̱wú7mesh does.

Both phrases are being used and have taught important to learn the various ways to say things and the nuanced differences in meaning.

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A few ways to say “I love you” in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh:

a. Chen temstl’í7 tl’a new.
(I-love-the-you.)

b. Chen temstl’í7stúmi
(I-love-you.)

What’s the difference?

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Both are said when speaking to a single person. If being saying to more than one person, the suffix -yap is added to both.

a. Chen temstl’í7 tl’a newyáp
(I-love-the-you.)

b. Chen temstl’í7stúmiyap
(I-love-you.)

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The name, like many names found in English, is so old there is no translation.

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How do you pronounce @Khelsilem? The name is an ancestral name given to him by his late grandmother and belonged to her great grandfather.

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The City of Vancouver named the area outside the Vancouver Art Gallery with a Squamish and hən̓q̓əm̓inəm̓ name. Here’s a guide on how to pronounce the Squamish version. Name can be interpreted as “Place of big cultural gatherings”.

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Huy chexw a.
[Thank you (singular).]