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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Is that you? – Ooḥ utl ḥuk – ʔuḥʔaƛ ḥak
How are you? – Au-khin utl ḥuk – ʔaaqinʔaƛḥak
I haven’t seen you for a long time. – Khee utl it taḥ wick na-chu-ulth su-wa – Qiiʔaƛitaḥ wik n̓ačuʔał suw̓a 
You must have lots to tell. – A-yault tluk khutch-ka oo-yakḥ-mis – ʔayaaƛukqačka ʔuyaqḥmis
You have lots of news.  – A-ya utl tlook weh its oo-yakḥ-mis – ʔayaaƛukweʔic ʔuyaqḥmis
You must have lots of good news.  – A-ya utl tlook khutch-ka tlooth oo-yakḥ-mis – ʔayaaƛukqačka ƛuł ʔuyaqḥmis
Sit down. – Teh-khwas e – t̓iqʷaasʔi
You sit down. – Teh-khwas se utl e – T̓iqʷaasiʔaƛ̓i
Tell me where you were. – Eekh-ḥook is hithl e teek – ʔiiqḥukis hiłitiik
You were gone a long time. – Khee-kwalth utl it te its – Qiikʷaałʔaƛiteʔic
Did you have fun? – Oo-ookh-chup utl tlit ḥuk – ʔuuʔuuqč̓ap̓aƛitḥak
Was it nice there? – Oo-oo-khook tlit ḥa – ʔuuʔuuqukƛitḥa
Was the weather nice there? – Oo-khoom ḥimt ḥa – ʔuuqumḥimtḥa

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Was it different where you were? – Kwees-ḥee ult tlit ḥa hithl-e-teek – Kʷiishiiʔaƛitḥa hiłitiik
Where did you go? – Waas-tsa-chitl tlit ḥuk – Waascačiƛitḥak
Was it hot there? – Tlu-pa utl tlit ḥa aḥ a – ƛ̓upaaʔaƛitḥa ʔaḥʔaa
Was it hot way over there? – Tlu-pa utl tlit ḥa aḥ ne – ƛ̓upaaʔaƛitḥa ʔaḥn̓ii
Was it hot? – Tlu-pa mit ḥa – ƛ̓upaamitḥa
Was it raining? – Mi-tla mit ḥa – M̓iƛaamitḥa
Did it rain? – Mitl-shitl tlit ḥa – Miƛšiƛitḥa
Did it snow? – Kwiis shitl hit ḥa – K̓ʷišiƛitḥa
It snowed. – Kwiis shitl it ma – K̓ʷisšiƛitma
Did it blow? – Yu-atl it ḥa – Yuʔaaƛitḥa
It blew. – Yu-kwii-atl it ma – Yuukʷiʔaƛitma
It just started to blow.  – Yu-kwitl she utl ma – yuukʷiƛšiʔaƛma
Were there lots of people? – A-ya tlit ḥa khoo-us – ʔayaaƛitḥa quuʔas
Were they happy to see you? – Che-tuk utl on it ḥa su na-choo-ulth ut – Čitak̓aƛ̓anitḥasuu n̓ačuʔaałʔat
Did they speak their own language? – Oo-oo-qwe utl tlit ḥa ulth – ʔuuʔuukʷaʔaƛitḥaʔał
Did they feed you? – Ha-ook up on it ḥuk – Haʔukʔap̓aanitḥak
They fed me really well. – Cha-miḥ ta on it taḥ tlooth ha-ook up ut – Čamiḥtaʔaanitaḥ ƛuł haʔukʔap̓at