Schechewót te John.

John is skilled.

Schechewót te John means ‘John is skilled’, or ‘John is smart’.

Literally it means ‘Smart/skilled (is) the John’.

Vocabulary and Pronunciation

Schechewót – (is) smart, skilled – sounds like schich-uh-WATT. 

Schechewót is a variant form of  schewót.

Audio: Elizabeth Herrling

Structure

Here is a word-for-word translation of the sentence:

Note that:

• There is no word for ‘is’
• In this type of sentence, you have to say ‘the’ (te) before ‘John’ (‘the John’).