láts’ kw’es ew léts’es o te sxélches means ‘other (times) he just catches one’. Literally it means ‘Other that his catch is just one’.
ew léts’es o te sxélches
ew léts’es o te sxélches means ‘his catch is just one’.
ew léts’es o te sxélche
ew léts’es o te sxélche means ‘the catch is just one’.
ew léts’es o
ew léts’es o… means ‘just one…’‘.
láts’
Láts’ means ‘other, different’. You can also use it for ‘foreign’, or ‘strange’.
lhi kw’es ew lhíxw o te sxélches
Lhi kw’es ew lhíxw o te sxélches means ‘sometimes his catch is just three’.
ew lhíxw o te sxélches
Ew lhíxw o te sxélches means ‘his catch is just three’.
ew lhíxw o te sxélche
Ew lhíxw o te sxélche means ‘the catch is just three‘.
ew lhíxw o…
ew lhíxw o… means ‘just three…’.
Os lheq su la thq’étes álhtel, mes kweléxwes te sth’óqwi
Os lheq su la thq’étes álhtel, mes kweléxwes te sth’óqwi means ‘So (they) spear them, to catch the fish.’.
…mes kweléxwes te sth’óqwi
…mes kweléxwes te sth’óqwi means ‘…to get the fish’.
Su la theq’étes álhtel.
Su la theq’étes álhtel. means ‘So (they) spear them’.
kwélexw
Kwélexw means ‘to get, to catch’. You can use it to talking about catching a fish, catching an animal, or catching a ball or other object.
thq’ét
Thq’ét means ‘to spear (it)’. Elders normally use this to talk about spearing fish, but you can also use it to talk about spearing other things too.
Lamexw kw’étslexw te sth’óqwi li te tl’ép, os lheq sus tl’o kw’e le ew í:tet o, kw’áy kw’ses kwíyx̲thets!
Lamexw kw’étslexw te sth’óqwi li te tl’ép, os lheq sus tl’o kw’e le ew í:tet o, kw’áy kw’ses kwíyx̲thets! means ‘If you see the fish below, it’s always like they’re just sleeping, they can’t move!’
Lamexw kw’étslexw te sth’óqwi li te tl’ép…
Lamexw kw’étslexw te sth’óqwi li te tl’ép… means ‘If you see the fish below…’.
Lamexw kw’étslexw te sth’óqwi…
Lamexw kw’étslexw te sth’óqwi… means ‘If you see the fish…’
Lamexw kw’étslexw…
Lamexw kw’étslexw… means ‘If you see…’.
Os lheq sus tl’o kw’e le ew í:tet o, kw’áy kw’ses kwíyx̲thets!
Os lheq sus tl’o kw’e le ew í:tet o, kw’áy kw’ses kwíyx̲thets! means ‘It’s always like they’re just sleeping, they can’t move!’
os lheq sus tl’ó kw’e…
Os lheq sus tl’ó kw’e… means ‘It was always (that)…’.