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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It’s winter. – Tsu-iitcḥ ma – C̓uʔučḥma
It’s springtime. – Tluk-shitl ma – ƛ̓aqšiƛma
It’s summer. – Tlu-peetcḥ ma – ƛ̓up̓iičḥma
Fall time. – Aḥ-iicḥ  – ʕay̓iičḥ
The weather is changing.  – Kwees-ḥe chitl ma – Kʷiisḥiičiƛma
It’s stormy. – Weekl-se che utl ma – wiiqsiičI ʔaƛma
It’s calm. – Oo-khoom-ḥutl ma – ʔuuqumḥaƛma
It’s a west wind right now.  – Hutch-thleetl utl ma – Hačłiiƛʔaƛma
West wind. – Hutch-thleetl – Hačłiiƛ
East wind. – Yu-whaḥ-su-is – Yuuwuḥsuʔis
North wind – Yuk-stees – Yukstiis
Southeast wind. – Tuu-chee – Tuč̓ii
The weather is nice. – Oo-khoom-ḥe ma – ʔuuqumḥima
It’s really nice weather out here. – Cha-meḥ tutl ma oo-khoom-ḥe – C̓amiḥtaƛma ʔuuqumḥi
The weather is miserable – We-we-khook ma – Wiiwiiquma
It’s cold. – Ma-thlook ma – M̓ałukma
It’s warm. – Tlu-mah pe – ƛ̓uumapi
It’s hot. – Tlu-pah utl ma – ƛ̓uupaaʔaƛma
It’s too hot. – Tlu-tlu-a putl ma – ƛ̓uuƛ̓uuʔapuƛma

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It’s wet. – Ta-thlalth ma – T̓ałałma
The ground is wet. – Tulth-us utl ma – T̓ałʔas ʔaƛma
Ground is wet. – Tulth-us ma – T̓ałʔasma
It’s sunny. – Tlu-ma patl ma – ƛ̓uumapaƛma
It’s rainy outside. – Mitl-tla utl ma hit-aus – M̓iƛaaʔaƛma hitaas 
Raining. – Mitl-tla – M̓iƛaa
It’s hailing. – Khuts-sa ma – Kacaama
It’s cloudy. – Thle waḥ ḥuk ma – łiw̓aḥakma
It’s foggy. – Ootch-khuk ma – ʔučqakma
It’s foggy outside right now. – Ootch-khuk utl ma hit-aus – ʔučqak̓aƛma hitaas
Ice. – Kogh – Quux
It’s freezing outside. – Kogh-wa utl ma hit-aus – Quxʷaaʔaƛma hitaas
The sea is calm. – Tin-ḥook ma – Tinḥukma
The sea is rough. – Phish-sha-chist ma – P̓išačištma
A mirage. – Hoo-thla-pe – huułapi