stím te kyós te sqá:qs

His little brother’s car is fast.

Stím te kyós te sqáqs means ‘His little brother’s car is fast.’

Literally it means ‘Fast (is) the car of the little-brother of (him)’.

Vocabulary and Pronunciation

• stím – fast, powerful
• te – the
• kyó – car
• sqá:q, or sqáq – little brother, younger sibling –
• -s – marks that a third person (nor me or you) possesses the object/person

Audio: Elizabeth Herrling

Similar Examples

Here are some examples of similar phrases:

• Híkw te sqwemá:ys te sqá:qs tútl’o. – His little brother’s dog is big.
• Iyómex te méles tel sqá:qs thútl’o- Her little brother’s child is good looking.
• Tl’eqtameth’ te stó:les te sqá:qs tútl’o. – His little brother’s wife is tall

Structure

The structure of this phrase is as follows: