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Since they couldn’t read and write, I only spoke Nawat.

Nechilwij ne tunal keman yawi muchiwa ne congreso pal naja niajsi. Wan kiunij kichiwket pal nechishmatit ne ishmatijket. Kitaket ka naja niweli nitaketza Nawat wan nusan nitawawasua. Anka yajika ka ne nawi congreso nechilwijket ka yawit nechmakat nutekiw.

She told me the date of the conference so that I would come. And that is how the specialists met me. They saw that I could speak Nawat and write it too. Maybe that is why they told me I would have work in four conferences.

Ne techanchanejket tesu welituyat taketzat tik Español, nan welit katka tawawasuat nan amataketzat. Yajika, kwak ajsiket ne takamet istak, yejemet tesu kimatit tay inat ne takamet wan ne siwatket.

The inhabitants couldn’t speak Spanish, and they didn’t know how to read and write. So when the white men came, they didn’t understand what the men and women were saying.

Kwak yaja kinekituya mukwepa asumati, mukwepa. Mukwepa maya kwak yaja kineki tamutia.

He could turn into a monkey whenever he wanted to. He only did so when he wanted to give someone a fright.

— Se ve que amas la lengua náhuat.

No comas comidas siendo éstas muy calientes.

Intajtajpal, né ikmati iwan ne tumin, inte mupiat asu-nte tik itajku ne tekiti. Tikchakan ini, iwan welyaja timusewisket.

Las fuerzas, el saber y el dinero, no se obtienen, sino por medio del trabajo. Hagamos esto, y después descansaremos.

Sí, hijito querido: en aquellos lejos lugares para ti (dijo el padre del mundo), allá acabo de dejar muchos pequeñuelos que, como tú, desean venir conmigo, para acompañarme y conocerte en mi largo viaje, y para aprender muchas cosas que, sin salir no se pueden saber.

Nutajtzin, man taja tikpia kan tikuchi? Iwan asu-nte, nikan weli mutayekcha se tapech iwan weli tipanu (tikpanu) tayua niantiaka.

Señor, tiene Ud. dónde dormir? Y si no, aquí se le puede arreglar una cama, y podrá pasar la noche sin cuidado (alguno).

Y tú, Tabaquito, duerme sin miedo, que si viene Mambrú, yo lo espantaré.

Since he was his only one, the king loved him, he really loved him.

Muchi ne doctores panutiwit aber asu kipajtiat. Tesu welitiwit tesu welitiwit.

"All the doctors have come to see if they could cure him; they haven't been able to, they haven't been able."

"Now the priest told me that if I have a farm that I should go with her that she eat the red custard apples that are ripe, and then I should hit her with the hard ones in order to kill her."

But the did not tell the truth, but rather arrived asking if by chance he had seen a girl pass near his house the day of the big storm.