x̲élh kw’el sqwálewel

I’m sorry, I feel sad.

X̲élh kw’el sqwálewel means ‘I’m sorry‘, or ‘I feel sad‘.

Literally it means My thoughts/feelings hurt.

You can also say this phrase like this:  X̲élh tel sqwálewel.

Vocabulary

• x̲élh – feel hurt
• kw’el – my (Usually for my you say tel. You use kw’el to talk about remote, possible or non-physical things.)
• sqwálewel – thoughts, feelings

Audio: Elizabeth Herrling

Structure notes

The structure of this phrase is as follows: