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’.
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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.
te syétl’q’tes te lá:lém
Te syétl’q’tes te lá:lém means ‘the house’s paint‘. Literally it means ‘the paint job of the house‘.
syétl’q’t
Syétl’q’t means ‘paint job‘. It is the nominal (noun) form of the verb yétl’q’t – to paint (it).
yétl’q’t
Yétl’q’t is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘to paint (it)‘. You can also use yétl’q’t for ‘to rub (it)‘.
iyáqt
Iyáqt means ‘transform (it)’ or ‘change (it)’
X̲ét’estem shxwóxwth’ tútl’o swíyeqe
X̲ét’estem shxwóxwth’ tútl’o swíyeqe means ‘That man is said to be crazy’. Literally: (is) said (to be) crazy the man
x̲ét’estem shxwóxwth’
X̲ét’estem shxwóxwth’ means ‘He is said to be crazy’. The words for ‘he is’ and ‘to be’ are not explicitly stated, you just understand them from context.
x̲ét’estem
X̲ét’estem means ‘…is said (to be)‘.