Yeláwel tl’eqtámeth’ te sqá:qs tl’ John

John’s little brother is taller.

Yeláwel tl’eqtámeth’ te sqá:qs tl’ John means ‘John’s little brother is taller.’

Literally it means ‘More tall (is) the younger.sibling of the John’.

Vocabulary and Pronunciation

• yeláwel – more, surpassing (see yeláw and yeláwel híkw)
• tl’eqtámeth’ – tall
• te – the
• sqá:q – younger sibling
• tl’ – special form of the, used before names in certain kinds of sentences (including possessives)

Audio: Elizabeth Herrling

Structure

The structure of this phrase is as follows: