éwelh qwelsthóx

…never talk to me

…éwelh qwelsthóx means ‘…never talk to me’.

Note:  this is not the command form, but rather a selection from a longer sentence.

Vocabulary and Pronunciation

• éwelh – never (this is based on éwe – no, not. The -elh ending usually marks past tense, though it is does not seem to simply mean ‘past’ in this word).
• qwélstexw – to talk to
• -óx – me

Note: qwélstexw-óx shortens down to qwélsthóx.

Audio: Elizabeth Herrling

Structure notes

The structure of this phrase is as follows:

As noted, qwélstexw-óx shortens down to qwélsthóx, to make:

See the post about qwélsthóx for more information on this ‘shortening’.