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yeláwel stím te kyós te sqáqs

Illustration for 'His little brother's car is faster.'

His little brother’s car is faster.

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

  • yeláwelmore, surpassingly (see yeláw)
  • stímfast, powerful
  • tethe
  • kyócar
  • 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:

his-little-brothers-car-is-faster-structure


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