tl’o ta’ sqáq

it’s your little brother

tl’o ta’ sqáq means ‘it’s your little brother’

Pronunciation

• ta’ – your (the apostrophe at the end marks a catch-in-the-throat, the ‘glottal stop’ sound)
• tl’o – it is… (the tl’ sequence sounds like a popped-t followed by an l)
• ta’ – your
• sqáq – younger sibling

Note: ta’ – your is also pronounced in different ways, partly depending on how fast you are speaking. It may also be pronounced like this: te’, or ta.

Audio: Elizabeth Herrling

Structure

The structure of this phrase is as follows: