…kw’els yeláwel éy kw’e lamál há:we

…that I am better when I go hunting

…kw’els yeláwel éy kw’e lamál há:we means ‘…that I am better when I go hunting’.

A literal translation would be ‘…that-I (am) more good when go-I hunting’.

Vocabulary and Pronunciation

kw’els – that I (the l marks ‘I’)
yeláwel – more (see yeláw)
éy – good
yeláwel éy – better (i.e. ‘more good’)
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 , …kw’e lamál há:we)

Audio: Elizabeth Herrling

Structure notes

The structure of this phrase is as follows: