tl’o kw’ses x̲á:m

Tl’o kw’ses x̲á:m means ‘Because (it was) crying’.

Audio: Elizabeth Herrling

This phrase has the following structure:

Vocabulary:

• tl’o kw’es – because (literally ‘focus-marker that’)
• es – here a 3rd person agreement marker (marks the presence of a subject other than you or me, in this case the understood it
• x̲á:m – (see x̲ám)