ywa, iwa
́ even though, to no avail
- km̓ čaʔkʷ iwá kn̓ əɬaʔ wr̓isəlp̓m̓, uɬ way̓ kn̓ kskslíp̓aʔx - Even if I make fire, I still have to get wood
- nínwiʔ txəƛ̓ap iʔ sqilxʷ, yəyaˤt swit, yaʔ sn̓k̓ʷɬy̓l̓y̓lmíxʷm̓ tl̓ yaˤɬčwílxʷtn̓, íwaʔ swy̓num̓t km̓ íwaʔ naʔɬ k̓sus km̓ íwaʔ iʔ naʔɬ ƛ̓əx̌ƛ̓x̌ap km̓ íwaʔ naʔɬ tətw̓it, yaˤyáˤt swit. - All the people, everybody, the kings from all the tribes, even the good looking and the ugly, and the old men and the boys, everybody.
- uɬ way̓ íwaʔ kn̓ k̓ɬtwn̓l̓smist. - And so I didn’t think I could do it.
- way̓ ixíʔ iwá kiʔ kʷu əɬ čkswítmist yaʔx̌íʔ təl̓ naqs tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ kiʔ ksasq̓tm̓. - Well, even though we were doing our best from another land, it stormed.
- čaʔkʷ íwaʔ lut st̓paˤm̓ uɬ itíʔ čkxan̓. - Even if he doesn’t shoot, just so he goes along.
- t̓xʷ íwaʔ lut t̓a čmistín̓ uɬ aɬíʔ way̓ nínwiʔ kn̓ mipn̓wíɬn̓. - So even though I don’t know anything, but later I will learn.
- axáʔ íwaʔ tql̓pmnčut axáʔ iʔ tkɬmilxʷ, t̓iʔ kaˤy̓. - The woman tried to squirm around, but it’s like a vise.
- put way̓ nínwiʔ čaʔkʷ íwaʔ ɬə kt̓aq̓xnm̓ uɬ lut t̓ ksk̓ɬkičxs. - Even if she just stretched later, she can’t reach it.