Mekw’ swáyel kw’es éyaqtes te syétl’q’tes te lá:léms means ‘Every day he changes his house’s paint’, or ‘Every day he re-paints his house’. Literally it means ‘Every day (it is) that (he) changes the paint-job of his house’.
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éyaqtes te syétl’q’tes te lá:léms
Eyaqtes te syétl’q’tes te lá:léms means ‘he changes his house’s paint’, or ‘he re-paints his house’. Literally it means ‘Changing (he) the paint-job of his house’.
te syétl’q’tes te lá:léms
Te syétl’q’tes te lá:léms means ‘his house’s paint’. Literally it means ‘the paint job of the house of (him)‘ The possessor (‘him‘) is not explicitly stated, you just understand it from context.
te syétl’q’tes te lá:lém
Te syétl’q’tes te lá:lém means ‘the house’s paint‘. Literally it means ‘the paint job of the house‘.
tl’o te ew sqáqs te John te swíweles
tl’o te ew sqáqs te John te swíweles means ‘that boy is John’s LITTLE BROTHER’, with emphasis on ‘little brother’.
tl’o te sqáqs te John te swíweles
Tl’o te sqáqs te John te swíweles means ‘that boy is John’s little brother’. Literally it means: ‘it is the little.brother of the John, the boy’.
tl’o te sqáqs te John
Tl’o te sqáqs te John means ‘it’s John’s little brother’
tl’o ta’ sqáq
tl’o ta’ sqáq means ‘it’s your little brother’
el stl’í kw’es híkws kw’el lá:lém
El stl’í kw’es hikws kw’el lálém means ‘I want my house to be big’. Literally: ‘My want (is) that big (is) my house’.
el stl’í kw’es…
El stl’i kw’es _____ means ‘I want that _____’, as in for example ‘I want that he walks’. Literally it means: ‘My want (is) that ______’.