tl’o kw’ses x̲á:m te mimele’ó:ylha

Tl’o kw’ses x̲á:m te mimele’ó:ylha means ‘Because the doll (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’
• -es – here, a ‘third person’ marker (indicates that the subject is someone other than you or me).
• x̲á:m – (see x̲ám)
• te – the
• mimele’ó:ylha – doll