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Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Pero kenemej tesu mawiltia ka afuera, muchijki entristeser.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
But, since he didn't play outside, he became sad.
Pejki kukuya, pejki kukuya.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Ne iseltzin kipiat. Pejki kukuya, pejki kukuya.
They had him there all alone; he began to get sick, he started to get ill.
Eje, kilwia, kukuya.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: e
Translation
"Yes", she said, "he is sick".
Shitejchia, kilwia, te shiyu, shitejchia.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"Wait", he said, "don't go", "wait!".
Kilwia ne itejtelpuchtzin: Ini yu anmuamigituj.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
He said to his sons, "this is going to be your friend".
Nepa yajket tejten ne laguj.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ten
Translation
They went there to the shores of the lake.
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".
Pwes kenemej, iteku se rey; mikikse rey.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Then, since his father was a king, the king died.
Ne piltzintzin kenemej takata, yaja nakak de rey.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The little boy, since now he was a man, became the king, he became king.
Ikuka kielnamik ne iamigitus kilwia; Naj, kilwia, na nikelnamiki ne nuamigitus ka tiyajket tipashaluat ka nepa ka orillas ka itejtenpan ne lagoj.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Then he remembered his friends; he said, "I", he said, "I remember my friends, how we went to walk there on the shores of the lake".
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."
Kinmakak pwestoj ne prinsipe ne seyuk pijpipilmet, kenemej tajtakameta.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The prince gave an office to the boys, since they were men now.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Yaja kitajtan se konsejoj wan kimakaket, kimakat se konsejoj.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
He asked for advice and it was given to him, they gave him advice.
Kichijki luchar peroj tesu welik, pejki chuka, pejki chuka.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
She strove to do it, but she couldn't; she began to cry, she began to cry.
Kinutza ne ishulejyu; ya tesu kichiwa kasoj, ken ne kuchikia, wan tesu kuchi.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: shulejyu
Translation
She spoke to her husband; he didn't pay attention to her, as though he was sleeping, but he wasn't asleep.
Yajki kitajtani seyuk konsejoj.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Yajki kitajtani seyuk konsejoj. Yajki ka tiupan chan ne palej, ma kimaka ne konsejoj ken kichiwaskia.
He went to ask for more advice; he went to the church, to the priest's. He should advise him how he should do it.
Yajki ka tiupan chan ne palej, ma kimaka ne konsejoj ken kichiwaskia.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Yajki kitajtani seyuk konsejoj. Yajki ka tiupan chan ne palej, ma kimaka ne konsejoj ken kichiwaskia.
He went to ask for more advice; he went to the church, to the priest's. He should advise him how he should do it.
Kilwia ne palej ka ne isiwaw brujaj.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
He told the priest that his wife was a witch.
Teroj ne kayej ne pejpelumet wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-wa, kuyuchukat, kuyuchukat ne pelumet.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: pelu
Translation
"All along the stree the dogs howl 'wawawawawawawawawawa', the dogs howl."
Pero kenemej nikmakak chil, teya su welik.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"But since I put chili on her, she no longer could."
Ashan nechilwia ne palej asu nikpia se nufinkita, ma niyu iwan, wan ne chijchiltik tzaput ma kikwa ne ujuksik, wan tami ma kimaka wan ne chijchikajtuk pal nikmiktia.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"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."
Pejket temut ne kujkusmamet.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The vultures started descending.
Pejki kinmutia: she, she, she, she, she!
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
She started to scare them, "shew, shew, shew, shew, shew!"
Te shikwakan nushulejyu, te shikwakan nushulejyu!, asi le dice.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: shulejyu
Translation
"Don't eat my husband, don't eat my husband!", that's what she said to them.
Shitejchiakan uk, nu nikchiwa.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"Wait a bit; I'm going to do it."
Pejki kilwia tik majikaj: Tzapalu puchut, tzapalu puchut, tzapalu puchut, tzapalu puchut, tzapalu puchut, tzapalu puchut!
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
She started to say in magic, "down silk-cotton tree, down tree, down tree, down tree, down tree!"
Pejki ne inlama kiwijwilanij ne ajamakitas, wan tami.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Pejki ne inlama kiwijwilanij ne ajamakitas, wan tami. Ajka puchut, ajka puchut, ajka puchut, yajki sepa ne puchut ka ajku.
Their grandmother began to hang the hammocks. Afterwards, "up silk-cotton tree, up tree up, tree"; the silk-cotton tree went back up.
Kishipejket wan kimakaket ne inlama ma kimana.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Kishipejket wan kimakaket ne inlama ma kimana. Kimanki.
They skinned it and told their grandmother to cook it; she cooked it.
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.
Pejki kalnutza ne ienamorado pal sentakwat, pal sentakwat wan ne ienamorado.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
She began to call her lover so they could eat together, so she could eat together with her lover.
Kenemej nemi ne Nanawatzin, ne chimpe Nanawatzin, ya kita ta kichiwa ne inlama.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
But as the Nanahuatzin was there, the youngest child, he saw what their grandmother was doing.
Kabal mitzinmajmawaltia ne anmutejtenshipal pal muchiwat saboriar.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"She just smears grease on your lips so they will taste."
Yuwan kitajtamejchiwat ne witzkuyul pal ne naka, ne naka yu miki.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Yuwan kichiwat ne sanjo. Yuwan kitajtamejchiwat ne witzkuyul pal ne naka, ne naka yu miki.
"Go make a trench; go sharpen güiscoyols (thorny palms) so he'll stay there, stay there, he's going to die."
Man shiktzujtzuntamejtikan ne witzkuyul, wan ne shiktalpachukan.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Nikan shikchiwakan ne sanjoj. Man shiktzujtzuntamejtikan ne witzkuyul, wan ne shiktalpachukan.
"Make the trench here, but sharpen the güiscoyols and put them in the ground."
Kishipejket, kipakat, kiwikaket chan ne inlama.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
They skinned him, washed him, and took him to their grandmother's.
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."
Aj, pwes pejki takwa iseltzin.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
So, she began to eat alone.
Pejki ne Tantepuslamat kikwa ne nakat, wan tami kilwijket: Ken tikmatki ne nakat, lama?
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The iron-toothed-old-woman began to eat the meat. Afterwards they said, "how did you find the meat, grandmother?".
Bidaj, nutejtelpuchtzin, bidaj nutejtelpuchtzin.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Bidaj, nutejtelpuchtzin, bidaj nutejtelpuchtzin. Yamanik.
"Delicious my sons, delicious my sons, soft."
Nikmati ka mitzinmakatuk ne konsejoj.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Ja! Nikmati ka mitzinmakatuk ne konsejoj. Ne chimpe mitzinmakatuk ne konsejoj.
"Ha, I know that the youngest child has advised you, he has advised you."
Ne chimpe mitzinmakatuk ne konsejoj.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Ja! Nikmati ka mitzinmakatuk ne konsejoj. Ne chimpe mitzinmakatuk ne konsejoj.
"Ha, I know that the youngest child has advised you, he has advised you."
Yajki ne tengerechej.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Voy a ir. Es el tenguereche. Yajki ne tengerechej.
"I'll go", it was the lizard; the lizard went.
Nikan nakak ne tejitaj.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Nikan nakak ne tejitaj. Kiajsi se pedasoj tejaj. Kitzuntapan.
"The piece of tile stuck here (pointing to the back of the neck); she found a piece of tile and she busted my head."
Kiajsi se pedasoj tejaj.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Nikan nakak ne tejitaj. Kiajsi se pedasoj tejaj. Kitzuntapan.
"The piece of tile stuck here (pointing to the back of the neck); she found a piece of tile and she busted my head."
Pejket kene ne tajtakamet: Chirrrr.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Pejket kene ne tajtakamet: Chirrrr. Baj, yawi seyuk: Irrrr.
Then the men began, "chirr"; another went, "irr".
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Keman inat yejemet ka yawi panu urakan, segun yejemet inat ka tik ne ejekat panu ne witzet hombres wan siwatket al aire con tal de que witzet kwikat elut pal yejemet kiwikat, kunij ne mijmil nakak bien quebrado, bien aplastado, varias mazorcas desfigurado en un aspecto de como buba, yajane mazorcas kwikat ne Chiltiupanekos sekun nutatanoy wan nu noyaj kichiwket kontar.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ejekat, yejemet
Translation
When they say there is going to be a big storm, so they say, in the wind that comes by there come men and women in the wind such that they come to carry off ears of corn for them to eat. Thus the milpas were left broken, quite flattened, with many ears of corn disfigured with a look like pustules. Those were the ears of corn that the Chilteopaners took, according to my grandfather and my grandmother.
Pero en ese caso siyujti nemi se takat intelijentej, wan muchiwki proponer ke era de mas tay witzet kichiwat nin tik tutechan.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
But in this case, once there was a smart man who held that what they came to do in our town was too much.
Pero, tay yejemet muchiwket afijar ka ne iujumiyu ne chumpipi, ne plumas te kikwaj pelu, entonces nakak pensativo muchi ne jwamilia tayika te kikwaj pelu ne ujumit ni ke ne plumaj.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yejemet
Translation
But what they noticed was that the dog did not eat the turkey's bones and feathers. Then the whole family was left puzzled because the dog wouldn't eat the bones nor the feathers.
A los tres dias ka panutuk ne urakan wan kikwajtiwit ne chumpipi. walajket ume takamet wan se siwat kitemuat, kunij ajsiket ichan ne takat kaj kikutaminki por que yejemet poco mas o menos kimatiata katka kaj kikutamin.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yejemet
Translation
On the third day after the storm had passed and they had eaten the turkey, there came two men and a woman to look for it. They arrived at the house of the man who had caught it because they more or less already knew who had caught it.
Pero yejemet te inaket la verdad sino ajsiket ankilwijket si por casualidad kitztuk se siwapil panuk ka ne cerca ikal ne diaj panuk ne urakanasoj.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yejemet
Translation
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.
Los tres ajsiket kan nemi ne plumas wan ne wejwesuj ka te kikwajtuk pelu.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
The three came to where the feathers and bones were that the dog had not eaten.
Kunij yemet (yejemet) kianket ne wesuj kichiwket se puniuj wan kitajtanket se bateya wan se buen puniuj at wan se carreton ileraj kiminket ka ikajku.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yejemet
Translation
Then they picked up the bones, made a pile, and asked for a trough and a lot of water and a spool of thread, and they throw it into the air.
Kienej (kiane) kwikaket ne siwapil por ke ne takat en el momento ke kitak ne kichiwket la prueba kitak perfectamente ka se siwapil hermosa kiski tik ne wesuj wan ne plumaj.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
Actually, they took the girl because at the moment the man saw that they tried this, he saw perfectly (well) that a beautiful girl came out of the bones and feathers.
Kienej nechiwtuk kontar nutatanoy wan nunoyaj, wan esta fecha siempre panu urakan pero tejemet teya keman tikitaket su walkuwetzi se, yajiika an nikchiwa kontar nuamikuj pal kwika como recuerdo ini kwentuj. <arco>
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: tejemet
Translation
That's what my grandfather and grandmother told me, and big storms always come, but we never saw if one came to fall. So, today I am telling this to my friend so he can take this story with him as a remembrance.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
An trece de julio y dia de San Antonio nin ninemi nuchan tisennemit a la par wan se nuamikuj, witz wejka, yaja kineki kikaki kwentos tay tik nutechan kikchiwtuk suceder.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: wejka
Translation
Today, the 13th of July and St. Anthony's day, I am here in my house together with my friend who comes from far away. He likes to hear stories about what has taken place in my town.
niyaw niktajtani tay nikwa, por ke yejemet kipiat deber nechmakat an ka nimayana.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yejemet
Translation
I'm going to ask them for something to eat, because they have to give it to me now that I'm hungry.
Kunij ne inan kalaki, mientras ne inan kalaki kalwika mas pan, yaja pejki kikwa ne tortaj kimakatuk inan.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
Then his mother went inside. While his mother was going in to bring more bread, he began to eat the sandwich his mother had given him.
Yejemet ka kipiat tumin, yajika ne yajket kimakat fin tik Arkuj, wan naj te nechajkawilijket tumin, maya pobresaj.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yejemet
Translation
They are the ones who have money. That's why they went there to end up in the arch. And they didn't leave me money, just poverty.
Kienej kilwia katka ne ipilawan.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
This is what he told them.
Al fin keman yaja kineki miki ka mayana wan te kipia kishtia se espejuj tay oraj takipini.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
Finally, when he wanted to die because he was hungry and because he had nothing, he got out a mirror while it was lightning.
Tatawilua wan ne espejuj, pero né tesu yaja idestino te keman kimiktij.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
He shined with his mirror, but that was not to be his fate; he never killed him.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Nuamikuj ikustuj na nikchiwa kontar cuentos de cosas ke chiwki suceder nin tik nutechan, an nikchij kontar una cosa ke nutatanoy nechiwki kontar Ya nechilwij ka nin tik tutechan kaj de mala suerte kimutiat, kisa se animal ke yejemet kilwiat "Tzuntekumat".
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yejemet
Translation
Nuamikuj ikustuj na nikchiwa kontar cuentos de cosas ke chiwki suceder nin tik nutechan, an nikchij kontar una cosa ke nutatanoy nechiwki kontar Ya nechilwij ka nin tik tutechan kaj de mala suerte kimutiat, kisa se animal ke yejemet kilwiat "Tzuntekumat". Yajika nutatanoy nechchiwki akonsejar kaj te ma ninejnemi tayua porke tamutiat.
My friend likes me to tell him stories about the things that have taken place in my town. Now I'm going to tell him something that my grandfather told me. He told me that in our town unfortunately one can be frightened. There's a creature they call the "skull". So, my grandfather advised me not to walk at night because they terrify you.
Yajika nutatanoy nechchiwki akonsejar kaj te ma ninejnemi tayua porke tamutiat.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: nemi
Translation
Nuamikuj ikustuj na nikchiwa kontar cuentos de cosas ke chiwki suceder nin tik nutechan, an nikchij kontar una cosa ke nutatanoy nechiwki kontar Ya nechilwij ka nin tik tutechan kaj de mala suerte kimutiat, kisa se animal ke yejemet kilwiat "Tzuntekumat". Yajika nutatanoy nechchiwki akonsejar kaj te ma ninejnemi tayua porke tamutiat.
My friend likes me to tell him stories about the things that have taken place in my town. Now I'm going to tell him something that my grandfather told me. He told me that in our town unfortunately one can be frightened. There's a creature they call the "skull". So, my grandfather advised me not to walk at night because they terrify you.
Keman yaja yawi katka derechoj ne kayej, yaj kiski iishpan Siwanawal.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
When he was going down the street the Siguanaba (a siren-like supernatural being in the form of a woman) came out in front of him.
Ka ne niknamik tik kayej ka ne kajkuik.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
"I ran into her there in the street, up there."
Kunij ne siwat pejki mutijtilana.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
Then the woman began to lurch.
Pero antes de que ya musutuma, tay ora pejki kichij jwersaj pal yawi, muchiwa fijar ne takat ka ne siwat ne iijikshi tesu iijikshi ken pal jentej, sino ke iijikshi puru iijikshi tijlan.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
But before she got untied, when she began to struggle to go, the man noticed that the woman's feet were not like people's feet, rather they were really chicken feet.
Mukwepki kita tik ikaraj; Kitak tujtumak iish, tesu ken iish jentej.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
He turned around to look her in the face and he saw her large eyes, not like people's eyes.
El Sipitillo · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Ne Sipitiyuj chikitikchin ma tumak ne ishumpe; tesu ombron, tresu kojtik, chikitikchin puruj jentej.
El Sipitillo · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
The sipitillo is very small but his hat is gigantic. He is not big, not tall; he's very little, but pure human.
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