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Te lá:léms te sqá:q means ‘the little brother’s house’ (literally ‘the house of the little-brother’).

Te sqá:qs tútl’o means ‘his little brother’ (literally ‘the little-brother of him’).

Híkw te lá:léms tl’ John means ‘John’s house is big.’ A literal translation would be ‘Big (is) the house of John.’

Te lá:léms tl’ John means ‘John’s house’ (literally ‘the house of John’).