Yeléwel éy te sqá:qs means ‘His littler brother is better’ . Literally: ‘More good (is) the younger.sibling of (him)’).
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yeláwel éy te sqá:q
Yeléwel éy te sqá:q means ‘The littler brother is better’. Literally it translates as:’the younger sibling (is) more good’).
yeláwel ey
Yeléwel ey means ‘better’ (literally ‘more good’, or ‘surpassingly good’).
Qex̲ te sxélches
Qex̲ te sxélches means ‘He catches a lot’ . Literally it means ‘Much (is) his catch.’
te sxélches
Te sxélches means’his catch’ (i.e. in hunting), or ‘what he caught’.
chxélcha
Chxélcha means ‘to catch game’, as in hunting. You can use this word to talk about catching animals, birds, or fish.
Schechewót te John te lámes há:we.
Schechewót te John te lámes há:we means’John is skilled at hunting’. A literal translation would be ‘John is smart/skilled if/when he goes hunting’.
háwe
Háwe is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘to hunt’.
schewót
Schewót means ‘smart’, ‘skilled’, or ‘good at’.
Yeláwel tl’eqtámeth’ te sqá:qs tl’ John
Yeláwel tl’eqtámeth’ te sqá:qs tl’ John means ‘John’s little brother is taller.’ Literally it means ‘More tall (is) the younger.sibling of the John’.