Below are the audio pronunciations of common Huu-ay-aht phrases. Each section corresponds with portions of the book Nuu-chah-nulth Phrase book: Barkley Sound Dialect by the Barkley Sound working group Huu-ay-aht, Ucluelet, Uchucklesaht and Toquaht First Nations. Phrases are below their corresponding audio clip. Each phrase has the English phrase, the “easy read” pronunciation as well as the Nuu-chah-nulth spelling of the phrase. To assist in pronunciation please see the phonetic alphabet and pronunciation guide: Here.
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This is my house. – Oots-tsaḥ mah-us – ʔuucaaḥ maʔasThis is our house. – Oots-in mah-us – ʔuucin maʔasThat is going to be our house. – Oots wit-us in mah-us e – ʔuucw̓it̓asin maʔasʔiMy house has a door. – Tah-she oo ulth tlook aḥ mah-us – T̓ašii ʔuʔałukaḥ maʔasA door. – Muush-us-sim – M̓ušʔasimA pathway. (door-way, roadway) – Tah-she – T̓ašii My house has a back door. – Hitlh-stoo-us sook kaḥ muush-a-sim mah-us sook khus – Hiłst̓uʕasukqaḥ(qas) m̓ušʔasim maʔasukqas My house has a door. – Tah-she oo ulth tlook kwin mah-us – T̓ašii ʔuʔałukʷin maʔasMy house has a floor. – Oo-stilth nak kook kwaḥ mah-us – ʔustʔiłnakukʷaḥ maʔasOur house has a floor. – Oo-stilth nak kook kwin mah-us – ʔustʔiłnakukʷin maʔas
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My house has stairs. – Oo-nauk kook kwaḥ ya-tsa-tsus mah-us – ʔuʔnaakukʷaḥ yacac̓us maʔasMy house has back stairs. – Oo-nauk kook kwaḥ ya-tsa-tsus hilth-stu-us mah-us – ʔuʔnaakukʷaḥ yacac̓us hiłst̓ʕas maʔasOur house has stairs inside. – Mah-cheelth thlook kwin ya-tsa-tsus mah-us – Mačiiłukʷin yacac̓us maʔasThose stairs go up. – Hin-nim-sintl mah ya-tsa-tsus e – Hinimsinƛma yacac̓usʔiCome into my house. – Ma-che-noo e mah-us sook khus – Macčinuʔi maʔasukqasCome into our house. – Ma-che-noo e mah-us sook khin – Mačinuʔi maʔaskukqin My house has a roof. – Oo-nauk kook kwaḥ mah-us hin-naulth-tsa – ʔunaakukʷaḥ maʔas hinałc̓aOur house has a leaky roof. – Tsa-ḥa uck kin hin-naulth-tsa – Caḥaaʔakin hinałc̓aMy house does not have a leaky roof. – Wik kook kwaḥ tsa-ḥa hin-nautlh-tsa mah-us – Wikukʷaḥ caḥaa hinałc̓a maʔasOur house does not have a leaky roof. – Wik kook kwin tsa-ḥa hin-nautlh-tsa mah-us – Wikukʷin caḥaa hinałc̓a maʔas