…kw’e lamál há:we

…when I go hunting

…kw’e lamál há:we means ‘…when I go hunting’.

Vocabulary and Pronunciation

• kw’e – that, if, when
• lám – to go
• -ál – I (this is the form you use in ‘possibility’ contexts, like ‘if/when…‘)
• há:we – hunting (see háwe )

Audio: Elizabeth Herrling

Structure notes

The structure of this phrase is as follows:

Note that:

•  You use –ál, a special form for ‘I‘, in this phrase, because you are expressing possibility (in a normal sentence ‘I‘ would be tsel.
• The word kw’e translates here as when, but it can also mean that or if (the same word kw’e covers English when, if, and that).