ew léts’es o te sxélche

ew léts’es o te sxélche means ‘the catch is just one’.

Audio: Elizabeth Herrling

Structure and Vocabulary

This phrase has the following structure:

• ew…o – just (both words can be used by themselves as ways of marking emphasis, but together they mean ‘just’)
• léts’es – one – This is based on léts’e, but Elizabeth adds the -s ending, which in this case may mark round things (Elders use léts’es, with the –s endng, for counting dollars, Indian blankets, or round things)
  

  one

• te – the
• sxélche (also pronounced sxélcha) – catch, what one catches (use this for talking about game or fish that you catch)
  

  hunting catch, what you caught