yétl’q’thet tútl’o

He paints himself.

Yétl’q’thet tútl’o means ‘He paints himself.’

Audio: Elizabeth Herrling

Vocabulary and Structure

This phrase has the following structure:

See:

• yétl’q’t – to paint (it)
• tútl’o – he, him

The -thet ending is the ‘reflexive’ marker, which marks actions done to oneself.