“Chxw xwe’í:t os éwelh qwelsthóx?” x̲et’e. means ‘”How come you never talk to me?”, he said.’ Literally: you (are) doing.what that never talk.to.me? said (he)
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Chxw xwe’í:t os éwelh qwelsthóx?
Chxw xwe’í:t os éwelh qwelsthóx? means ‘How come you never talk to me?’ Literally: you (are) doing.what that never talk.to.me?
xwe’ít?
Xwe’ít is a question word. It can mean ‘What did __ do?’, or ‘What happened?’. Elders sometime also use xwe’ít for ‘why’.
petá:met
Petá:met is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘to ask’, as in Petá:metes tútl’o the Mary – ‘He asked Mary’.