Ni' tsun nem' 'umshasum'. Ni' tsun lumnuhw kwthu mustimuhw nusno' pte'mut, "Ni' 'u ch 'o' hwulmuhwqun?" Ni' 'unuhw 'i' hwyunumus sus 'o' thut, "Ni' 'u ch 'o' Hul'q'umi'num'? 'Ilhe hwts'e'nutsum." Ni' tst hwts'e'nutsum sus 'o' qwal kwthu hwulmuhw 'i' tl'im' tsun no' hwiyuneem'.
I went for a walk. I saw a person and I asked, "Do you speak a First Nations language?" He stopped and smiled and then he said, "Do you speak Hul'q'umi'num'? Let's sit down." We sat down and the man spoke and I listened carefully.