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Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku198Naja Ni Genaro13Achtu Taksalis15Timumachtikan!26El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos20The Pipil Language of El Salvador18

King, Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku (2012)

198 occurrences

Chapter 1

  • Ne ejekat kiwaki ne tatuk iwan ne et keman weytia.

    p. 18 · See in the dictionary: ejekat

Chapter 2

  • Keman kipia chikwasen shiwit, pewa kicha ne itakil; kitepewa ijish tejemet tikiliat kuku.

    p. 21 · See in the dictionary: tejemet

Chapter 3

  • Yejemet kichiwaket ne tail iwan niktukak ne tawial iwan ne et.

    p. 25 · See in the dictionary: yejemet

Chapter 4

  • Ne nemituyat yejemet tawiwitat ne kajkamu keman pejki kisa ne metzti.

    p. 26 · See in the dictionary: yejemet

  • Kitawilujki kan nemituyat yejemet.

    p. 26 · See in the dictionary: yejemet

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Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004)

13 occurrences

Nitamachtia Nawat

  • Ajsiket inat ka kimatitiwit ka ne tiupan kipia tay yejemet nejnemitiwit kitemuat.

    p. 6 · See in the dictionary: yejemet

    Translation

    Né ajsiket ne ipal Kulalmumachtiani. Ajsiket inat ka kimatitiwit ka ne tiupan kipia tay yejemet nejnemitiwit kitemuat. Kiunij inak ne Palej:

    One day some people came from the Students’ Circle. They said they had heard that the church had just what they had been looking for. The priest said:

  • Su te ankinekit techishtiliat, kunij kia welit antaketzat iwan, wan su amejemet kinekit mumachtiat, welit anwitzet pal annemit tuwan.

    p. 6 · See in the dictionary: anmejemet

    Translation

    —Kia, nikan tikpiat se tuikaw ka yaja weli taketza Nawat. Su te ankinekit techishtiliat, kunij kia welit antaketzat iwan, wan su amejemet kinekit mumachtiat, welit anwitzet pal annemit tuwan.

    “Yes, we have a brother here who can speak Nawat. If you don’t take him away from here, then you can talk to him, and if you want to learn you may come and study with us.”

Nikpalewia Ne Nawataketzalis

  • Yejemet tesu nechtashtawat, ka inat ka yejemet tesu kipiat tumin pal nechtashtawat.

    p. 8 · See in the dictionary: yejemet

    Translation

    Kwak niweli, nikpalewia Alan wan Cecy. Nusan Carlos, melka yaja techanchanej, pero uksan mumachtia Nawataketza. Yejemet tesu nechtashtawat, ka inat ka yejemet tesu kipiat tumin pal nechtashtawat.

    When I am able I help Alan and Cecy. Carlos too, although he is a local, but he is still studying Nawat. They don’t pay me, because they say that they don’t have money to pay me with.

Kiunij Nemi Katka Ne Tutechan

  • Yajika, kwak ajsiket ne takamet istak, yejemet tesu kimatit tay inat ne takamet wan ne siwatket.

    p. 16 · See in the dictionary: yejemet

    Translation

    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.

Ken Titankwaketzat

  • Yejemet tesu kimatit, ken an tejemet tikmatit, ka nemi se Tiut ka te tikishmatit.

    p. 18 · See in the dictionary: tejemet, yejemet

    Translation

    Yejemet tesu kimatit, ken an tejemet tikmatit, ka nemi se Tiut ka te tikishmatit. Yejemet kishmatit katka tay kitat, ken ne tunal, ne at, ne tal, ne tawial, ne kwajkwawit, ne kojtan: ipal itakwal, ipal ne tapewil, wan ne kwajkwawit pal kisaluat itakil pal tikwat pal te tikseliat mayan.

    They didn’t realise, as we now know, that there is a God whom we didn’t know. They recognised the things they could see, such as the sun, the rain, the land, maize, trees, and nature, which provided their food, game, and fruit-bearing trees for food so as not to endure hunger.

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Cárcamo et al., Achtu Taksalis (2023)

15 occurrences

Tamachtilis 2. Kan muchan?

  • Eje, galanchin nutechan wan nusan galanchin Sentzunhat!

    See in the dictionary: e

Tamachtilis 3. Nikneki kukumutzin

  • Eje, nimayana nusan.

    See in the dictionary: e

Tamachtilis 5: Keski ipatiw?

  • Shinechmaka majtakti iwan muchi, ika yejemet chikitik.

    See in the dictionary: yejemet

  • Eje, nimetzmaka.

    See in the dictionary: e

Tamachtilis 6. Numiyekawan

  • Eje nikpia.

    See in the dictionary: e

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King, Timumachtikan! (2011)

26 occurrences

4 Tay tikneki?

  • Eje.

    p. 27 · See in the dictionary: e

    Translation (Spanish)

    Sí.

  • Tikneki nusan ejelut?

    p. 28 · See in the dictionary: elut

    Translation (Spanish)

    ¿Quieres también elotes?

6 Tay kichiwat yejemet?

  • Yejemet tekitit tik ne mil.

    p. 33 · See in the dictionary: yejemet

    Translation (Spanish)

    Ellos trabajan en la milpa.

7 Tay horaj timuketza?

  • Taja titekiti mujmusta? — Eje, naja nitekiti mujmusta.

    p. 35 · See in the dictionary: e

    Translation (Spanish)

    ¿Tú trabajas todos los días? — Sí, yo trabajo todos los días.

11 Shisa!

  • “Eje, ashan nisa wan nimuketza,” ina ne siwapiltzin.

    p. 46 · See in the dictionary: e

    Translation (Spanish)

    “Sí, ahora me despierto y me levanto,” dice la niña.

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Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960)

20 occurrences

p. 47 · Nahuizalco

  • Tejemet titakwat.

    p. 47 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: tejemet

    Translation (Spanish)

    Nosotros comemos

p. 48 · Nahuizalco

  • Tejemet tikpiat tunakas.

    p. 48 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: tejemet

    Translation (Spanish)

    Nosotros tenemos orejas

p. 49 · Nahuizalco

  • Tejemet tikpiat tuishkalyu.

    p. 49 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: tejemet

    Translation (Spanish)

    Nosotros tenemos cara

p. 51 · Nahuizalco

  • Tey ankichat anmejemet?

    p. 51 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: anmejemet

    Translation (Spanish)

    Qué están haciendo Uds.?

  • Tejemet mawiltiat (sic).

    p. 51 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: tejemet

    Translation (Spanish)

    Nosotros estamos jugando

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Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985)

18 occurrences

Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976

  • Eje, kilwia, kukuya.

    Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: e

    Translation

    "Yes", she said, "he is sick".

  • Tejemet tiawita, kilwia ne shuretzin: Shakan, pero te shikelkawa, cualquier rato shiwala wan ne mutelpuchtzin; ka nikan nemit ne iamigitus pal mawiltia.

    Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: tejemet

    Translation

    "We're going now", said the old man; "you go too, but don't forget, come anytime with your son; here are his friends to play with".

  • Nikelnamik ka anmejemet (anhejemet) annuamigitus.

    Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: anmejemet

    Translation

    "I remembered you, that you are my friends."

El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976

  • Uk uksik ne takwal, kenemej yejemet muchijtiwit desbelar, kuchit.

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yejemet

    Translation

    When the food was ready, since they had stayed up, they slept.

  • Pwes eje, ej nupilawantzitzin, niu nikmana, tiut titakwat.

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: e

    Translation

    "Well yes, yes, my children, I'm going to cook it, we're going to eat."

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Sources and licenses

  • Schultze Jena, Leonhard (recop.); King, Alan R. (ed.). Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku: narradores en náhuat Ynes Masin y otros. Edición en línea, enero 2012.
  • Ramírez Vásquez, Genaro. Naja Ni Genaro. Edited by Alan R. King. IRIN (Iniciativa para la Recuperación del Idioma Náhuat), 2004; first electronic edition, 2013.
  • Cárcamo, Héctor; Guardado, Martín; Domínguez, Ana; Aquino, Celeste; Ordóñez, Gary; Salgado, Hugo. Aprendiendo Náhuat en el Siglo 21: Achtu Taksalis. Edmonton: University of Alberta Library, 2023. https://pressbooks.openeducationalberta.ca/nawatse/. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Adapted by nahuat.com.
  • King, Alan R. Timumachtikan! Curso de lengua náhuat para principiantes adultos. 2011.
  • Aráuz, Próspero. El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos. San Salvador, El Salvador: Departamento Editorial del Ministerio de Cultura, 1960. Adapted by nahuat.com.
  • Campbell, Lyle. The Pipil Language of El Salvador. Mouton Grammar Library 1. Berlin, New York, Amsterdam: Mouton, 1985. Traducción al español de los textos: Mauricio Mixco, en Campbell, El Idioma Pipil (Nahuate) de El Salvador (manuscrito inédito).