čaʔkʷ, čakʷ
if, should
- uč čakʷ aláʔ kʷu pulx - Maybe we could sleep here
- čakʷ čkəxstis. - He should be going along with them.
- haʔ way̓ p sxƛ̓apx iʔ p sqilxʷ aláʔ, km̓ iʔ p y̓l̓y̓lmixʷm̓, km̓ axáʔ iʔ p isnəqsílxʷ aláʔ, čakʷ iwáʔ tətw̓it km̓ íwaʔ ƛ̓əx̌ƛ̓x̌ap, km̓ íwaʔ pəptw̓ínaxʷ km̓ íwaʔ xixw̓tm̓, yəyaˤt swit ? - Are all you people here, you kings, or you my people, boys and old men, old women, and little girls, everybody?
- čaʔkʷ íwaʔ lut st̓paˤm̓ uɬ itíʔ čkxan̓. - Even if he doesn’t shoot, just so he goes along.