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Read these two sentences:

I like qó:.
There is a teléqsel.

Do you know what a qó: or a teléqsel is? Are you able to picture anything in your mind?

Unless you know the Halq'eméylem language of the Stó:l?, the answer is probably no.

Now read these sentences:

I filled the sink with hot qó: and dish soap, so I could wash the stack of dirty dishes.

(Click here to learn how to pronounce qó: and find out its meaning.)

The teléqsel shook its brown feathers, and then quacked as it waddled into the pond.

(Click here to learn how to pronounce teléqsel and find out its meaning.)

If you guessed that qó: is water and that teléqsel means duck, then you are correct.

But how did you figure this out?