Yeláwel stím te kyós te sqá:qs means ‘His little brother’s car is faster.’
Literally it means: ‘More fast (is) the car of the little-brother of him’.
Vocabulary and Pronunciation
- yeláwel – more, surpassingly (see yeláw)
- stím – fast, powerful
- te – the
- kyó – car
- sqá:q, sqáq – little brother, little sister, younger sibling
- -s – marks that a third person (nor me or you) possesses the object/person
Audio: Elizabeth Herrling
Structure
The structure of this phrase is as follows:
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