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Híkw! Yeláwel híkw teli tl’á’elthe!

Illustration for Híkw! Yeláwel híkw teli tl’á’elthe! - (It was) big! Bigger than me!

Híkw! Yeláwel híkw teli tl’á’elthe! means ‘It was big, bigger than me!’. The ‘it was‘ is not explicitly stated, but is understood from the context of the story.



Audio: Elizabeth Herrling


This phrase has the following structure:

Structure illustration for Híkw! Yeláwel híkw teli tl’á’elthe! - (It was) big! Bigger than me!

  • yeláwelmore (see yeláw)
  • híkwbig
  • teli – can also mean from but here translates as than
  • tl’á’eltheme – This is a variation on ta’á’eltheme; you use use the special form tl’á’elthe, starting with tl’, after telí, and in a few other structures

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