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Kwútes te mimele’ó:ylha

Illustration for Kwútes te mimele'ó:ylha - (He) took the doll.

Kwútes te mimele’ó:ylha means ‘(He) took the doll’. ‘He’ is just understood from context, as is common in the language.



Audio: Elizabeth Herrling


This phrase has the following structure:

Structure illustration for Kwútes te mimele'ó:ylha - (He) took the doll.

Vocabulary:

  • kwútto take
  • -es – here, marks the presence of a ‘third person’ subject (i.e. a subject who is neither you nor me); in this case, the third person subject is the understood ‘he
  • tethe
  • mimele’ó:ylhathe

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