Mekw’stám te ileqelhtsthóxes, thútl’o xwelítem slhá:lí! means ‘That white lady bought me EVERYTHING!’. Literally: Everything (was) what (she) bought me, that white lady!
Audio: Elizabeth Herrling
This phrase has the following structure:
- mekw’stám – everything
- te – the
- ileqelhtsthóx – buy for me
- –es – here an agreement marker (marking agreement with the third person ‘she‘ or ‘that white lady’)
- thútl’o – usually means she, but in this context Elders use it to mean that
- xwelítem – white person
- slhá:lí – woman, female
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