Sx̲e’óthels is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘Thursday’. Literally Sx̲e’óthels means ‘fourth period, fourth cycle’ (see x̲e’óthels – ‘four‘)
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Slhíxws qesu le xwá tskwí:m kw’es la yétl’q’tes te lá:léms
Slhíxws qesu le xwá tskwí:m kw’es la yétl’q’tes te lá:léms means ‘Wednesday he paints his house red’. Literally it means ‘Wednesday and.so (it) becomes red that (he) paints the house (of him)‘.
Sthémelts qesu le xwá tsqwá:y te lá:léms.
Sthémelts qesu le xwá tsqwá:y te lá:léms means ‘Tuesday his house becomes green‘. Literally it means ‘Tuesday and.so becomes green the house (of him)‘.
Sthémelts
Sthémelts is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘Tuesday’. Literally Sthémelts means ‘second day’.
Yilawelhát qesu le xwá ts’méth’ te yétl’q’tes te lá:léms
Yilawelhát qesu le xwá ts’méth’ te yétl’q’tes te lá:léms means ‘Monday his house becomes blue’. Literally it means ‘Monday and.so becomes blue the paint-job of the house (of him)’.
le xwá ts’méth’ te yétl’q’tes te lá:léms
Le xwá ts’méth’ te yétl’q’tes te lá:léms means ‘His house becomes blue‘. Literally it means ‘(It) becomes blue the paint-job of the house (of him)‘.
le xwá ts’méth’
Le xwá ts’méth’ means ‘it becomes blue’
mekw’ swáyel kw’es éyaqtes te syétl’q’tes te lá:léms
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’.
mekw’ swáyel
Mekw’ swáyel means ‘every day‘.
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.