Olsu ew stl’í kw’els yeláwel tl’eqtámeth teli tl’útl’o means ‘I want to be taller than him’. Literally: ‘So I want that I (am) more tall than him’
tl’íls
Tl’íls is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘to love’.
yeláwel tl’eqtámeth’ teli tl’útl’o
Yeláwel tl’eqtámeth’ teli tl’útl’o means ‘taller than him’.
tútl’o
Tútl’o means ‘he’, or ‘him’. It is a pronoun, meaning that it refers to someone in the context of the conversation.
sqwélqwel
Sqwélqwel means ‘story’, ‘message’, or ‘news’. Note: to talk about traditional legends such as stories from the Transformer period, you would use a different word: sx̲wōx̲wiyám.
qwà:l
Qwà:l is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘to speak’, or ‘to talk’. You can use it to refer to everyday talking, or talking at a formal speech.
sx̲wōx̲wiyám
Sx̲wōx̲wiyám means ‘legend’, or ‘traditional story’. You can use it especially for the stories from the Transformer period.
x̲wiyám
X̲wiyám means ‘to tell a legend’, or ‘to tell a story’ (used to talk about telling the traditional legends)
yeláwel tl’eqtámeth’
Yeláwel tl’eqtámeth’ means ‘taller’ (literally ‘more tall’, or ‘surpassingly tall’).
el stl’í kw’es híkws kw’el lá:lém
El stl’í kw’es hikws kw’el lálém means ‘I want my house to be big’. Literally: ‘My want (is) that big (is) my house’.
el stl’í kw’es…
El stl’i kw’es _____ means ‘I want that _____’, as in for example ‘I want that he walks’. Literally it means: ‘My want (is) that ______’.
yeláwel stím te kyós te sqáqs
Yeláwel stím te kyós te sqá:qs means ‘His little brother’s car is faster.’ Literally it means: ‘More fast (is) the car of the little-brother of him’.
stím te kyós te sqá:qs
Stím te kyós te sqáqs means ‘His little brother’s car is fast.’ Literally it means ‘Fast (is) the car of the little-brother of (him)’.
te kyós te sqáqs
Te kyós te sqáqs means ‘his little brother’s car’. Literally it means: ‘the car of the younger sibling of (him)’. ‘Him’ or ‘his’ is implied from context.
te kyós te sqáq
Te kyós te sqáq means ‘the little brother’s car’. Literally: ‘the car of the younger sibling’.
Ye stím te kyós tl’ John.
Ye stím te kyós tl’ John means ‘John’s car goes fast’ Literally it means ‘Travelling fast (is) the car of the John’).
te kyós tl’ John
Te kyós tl’ John means ‘John’s car’. Literally it means ‘the car of the John’.
ye stím te kyó
Ye stím te kyó means ‘The car goes fast’.
stím
Stím in Halq’eméylem means ‘fast’, or ‘powerful’. Literally means ‘goes with all its might’. (Note that there is another unrelated word, x̲wém which also means ‘fast’.)
kyó
Kyó is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘car’. Elders adapted this word from English ‘car’.