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Yeláwel x̲wém kw’el kyó

Illustration for 'my car is faster'

My car is faster


Yeláwel x̲wém kw’el kyó means ‘My car is faster’.

Literally it means: ‘More fast (is) my car’.


Vocabulary and pronunciation

  • yeláwelmore (see yelá:w )
  • x̲wémfast
  • kw’elmy (you would normally say tel, but you use kw’el when talking about distant objects, or objects that exist as possibilities)
  • kyócar


Audio: Elizabeth Herrling
Note: this is an edited selection from a longer phrase. The full phrase will be covered in a following post.


Structure

The structure of this phrase is as follows:

my-car-is-faster-structure

You could also say Yeláwel x̲wém tel kyó, but because the car is distant or something discussed as a possibity, Elizabeth uses kw’el.


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