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“Chxw xwe’í:t os éwelh qwelsthóx?” x̲et’e.

Illustration for '"How come you never talk to me?', he said"

“How come you never talk to me?”, he said.

“Chxw xwe’í:t os éwelh qwelsthóx?” x̲et’e. means ‘”How come you never talk to me?”, he said.’

Literally: you (are) doing.what that never talk.to.me? said (he)


Vocabulary and Pronunciation

  • x̲et’eto say,
  • chexwyou, talking to one person (this commonly shortens to chxw in fast speech)
  • xwe’ítwhat is __ doing? what happened? (see xwe’ít, chxw xwe’i:t)
  • os – meaning is similar to ‘that‘ (see structure notes below
  • ewelhnever
  • qwélstexwto talk to
  • -óxme
  • qwelsthóxtalk to me

 


Audio: Elizabeth Herrling


Structure notes

The structure of this phrase is as follows:

said-why-you-never-talk-to-me-structure-2

Note that there is no explicit word for ‘he‘ in this sentence, this is just understood from context.  (You could also say x̲et’e tútl’o, to make ‘he‘ explicit).


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