Sthémelts qesu le xwá qwóqwiyel te syétl’q’tes te kyós means ‘Tuesday he paints his car green’. Literally it means ‘Tuesday and.so comes.to be.turning.green the paint.job of the car (of him)‘.
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qwáyel
Qwáyel means ‘turn green’ or ‘turn yellow’. (In general, many Elders use the same word for ‘green‘ and ‘yellow‘)
Yilawelhát osu yétl’q’tes te lá:léms—tsqwóqwiyel
Yilawelhát osu yétl’q’tes te lá:léms—tsqwóqwiyel means ‘Monday he paints his house—it becomes green‘.
tsqwóqwiyel
Tsqwóqwiyel means ‘becoming green’. Many Elders also use the same term for ‘becoming yellow’.
Mekw’ o stám la éyaqtes
Mekw’ o stám la éyaqtes means ‘He just changes everything.’
mekw’stám
mekw’stám means ‘everything’. Literally it means ‘all/everything what (is)‘.
Iti te smómeleqw, shxwóxwth’ swíyeqe
Iti te smómeleqw, shxwóxwth’ swíyeqe means ‘Here’s the mixed up, crazy guy’. Literally: Here (is) the mixed up, crazy man.
móleqwet
Móleqwet means ‘to mix’, or ‘to mix (it) up’.