Qwesu la kw’átsetes thútl’o te swétel la kw’e cháchu means ‘She went and looked at the nets at the beach’. ‘She‘ here refers to Elizabeth’s mother (not the white lady). (Elizabeth says la twice probably a hesitation.)
Audio: Elizabeth Herrling
This phrase has the following structure:
- qwesu – and so (a variant of qesu)
- la – This is an auxiliary (‘helper’) verb, related to the meaning ‘go’
- kw’átset – to look at
- -es – here, the –es ending marks the presence of a third person subject (someone other than you or me). The third person subject in this case is thútl’o.
- thútl’o – she, her
she, her
- te – net
- swéltel – net(s)
- la – here, at
- kw’e – beach (you use kw’e only for more remote objects, that is distant from the place of speaking)
- cháchu – beach, shore
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