Osu le xwá mekw’stám le xwá sqwóqwiyel

Osu le xwá mekw’stám le xwá sqwóqwiyel means ‘Everything becomes green.‘

Audio: Elizabeth Herrling

Vocabulary and Structure

This phrase has the following structure:

Notes:

• osu – and so (This is a general sentence connector, it does not always translate into English.)
• le is an untranslatable ‘auxiliary’ or ‘helper’ verb. It’s role is uncertain, it may be a reduced form of lam – to go
• xwá – become, come to be
• mekw’stám – everything.
• sqwóqwiyel – become green, turn green (variant of tsqwóqwiyel)