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Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Pwes yajket kiwikak.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yawi
Translation
So the went; she took him.
Nepa ka se llanura, ajsiket chan se anciano, chan se shuretzin.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: asi
Translation
There on the plain they arrived at an old man's house, a little old man.
Ne nemi ne shuretzin.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Ne nemi ne shuretzin. Kilwia: Shikalaki Señora, shikalaki, kilwia.
There there was an old man; he said, "come in, Señora, come in".
Ne reynaj bidaj kimati ka kichijket atender.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The queen felt good that he attended them.
Pwes kilwia ne shuretzin: Ne mutelpuchtzin kukuya kukuya.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"Well", the old man said, "your little son is sick, he's sick".
Pwes kilwia ne shuretzin: Ne mutelpuchtzin kichiwa falta seyuk kosaj.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Then the old man said, "your son needs something.
Yawita witzet ne nupilawantzitzin, yut mawiltiat.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: witz
Translation
"My boys are going to come soon, they're going to play."
Pwes nepa ka tiutak witzet.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: witz
Translation
And towards the afternoon they came.
Kilwia ne shuretzin: Shikida ka muchiwa alegrar, kita ne wilutzitzin.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The old man told her, "look, he's happy to see the little birds".
Pwes yajket.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yawi
Translation
So they went.
Nepa yajket tejten ne laguj.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yawi
Translation
They went there to the shores of the lake.
Pero kiajsiket se, kiajsiket.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
And they found one, they found it.
Pwes mukwepket.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: kwepa
Translation
Then they returned.
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".
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 · See in the dictionary: takat
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.
Kilwijket ma kimawalti chil.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
They told him to smear chili on her.
Kitalij ne ichaketaj ne takatzin, ne kinaktij.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Kitalij ne ichaketaj ne takatzin, ne kinaktij. Yajki ka dentroj ne takatzin.
The man put his jacket down for her; there he left her; the man went inside.
Naja tesu nikmati, peroj nechilwijket ka nusiwaw brujaj, ma niktalij kwidado.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"I don't know, but they told me my wife is a witch, that I should be careful."
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."
Ustuwetzi.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Tik ne witztal yajki. Ustuwetzi. Ran! Mutamuta ne ustut.
Into the thorns it went; it fell in the ravine -- "rann" -- it threw itself into the ravine.
Wetzki.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Pa! Wetzki. Tzi-li-li-li-li! Mikik ne masat.
"Pa!" -- it fell -- it trembled and trembled -- the deer died.
Pejket temut ne kujkusmamet.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The vultures started descending.
Wan tami kalnutzket ne inlama.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Wan tami kalnutzket ne inlama. Kinekit temut, ma kaltemulti.
Later they called their grandmother; they want to get down, get them down.
Tajtakamet!
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: takat
Translation
Pwes yajki ne lamajtzin; kaltemultia. Tajtakamet!
Well, the old woman went. She got them down; they were already men.
Yajket.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yawi
Translation
Yajket. Kalmiktijket se masat.
They went; they killed a deer.
Kalmiktijket se masat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Yajket. Kalmiktijket se masat.
They went; they killed a deer.
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.
Yajket.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yawi
Translation
Yajket. Kiwikaket.
They went and they took him.
Kiwikaket.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Yajket. Kiwikaket.
They went and they took him.
Pero kiwikaket.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
But they took him.
Pwes kia kichijket.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
So that's what they did.
Tiut tikshipewat, inaket.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ina
Translation
"Let's skin him", they said.
Kishipejket, kipakat, kiwikaket chan ne inlama.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
They skinned him, washed him, and took him to their grandmother's.
Tesu, tesu ja masat, sino ne idamuj ne inlama, ja yaja kimiktijket, wan kiwikaket ne nakat pal kikwa ne inlama.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
No, that was not deer, but rather their grandmother's fellow. It was him that they killed, and they took the meat so that their grandmother would eat it.
Kinilwia tik kastiaj: Levantense mis nietos, ya esta la comida."
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
She said to them in Spanish, "get up my grandchildren, the food is ready".
Kuchiket sepa.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
They went to sleep again.
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?".
Kilwijket.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Ini ne inakayu tukujkul! Kilwijket.
"That was our bogeyman's flesh", they said.
Kilwijket: Shikida lama, tiut tiyawit se apwesta.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Kilwijket: Shikida lama, tiut tiyawit se apwesta. Ka panu ne iashish tzumpan kal, tesu tikmiktisnekit.
They said, "look grandmother, we're going to make a bet; whoever passes his/her piss on top of the house we don't want to kill".
Pejket kene ne tajtakamet: Chirrrr.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: takat
Translation
Pejket kene ne tajtakamet: Chirrrr. Baj, yawi seyuk: Irrrr.
Then the men began, "chirr"; another went, "irr".
Kilpijket ne ajargoyaj wan kimakaket tit ne kal.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
They tied the rings (of the door) and set fire to the house.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
En aquel tiempo witzet urakaneros tik se techan de nombre Chiltiupan.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: witz
Translation
In those days there came "hurricaners" from a town called Chilteopan.
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: siwat, witz, 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 · See in the dictionary: witz
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.
Kunij yaja kichiwki se trampaj, tik ne trampaj welik kikutamima se siwapil como de diesiocho años, peroj ne siwapil al mumentuj ke wetzki talchi inmediatamente mukwepki se chumpipi.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
So he made a trap. In the trap he was able to catch a girl of about eighteen. But at the moment she fell to the ground, immediately the girl changed into a turkey.
Kunij ne takat ke kikutamin kitzki ne chumpipi kwika ka ichan, inmediatamente kichiwki ordinar iswaw ma kimikti ne chumpipi pal kikwat, entonces ne isiwaw kimiktij ne chumpipi, kichiwki desplumar wan kichiwki ne komidaj, wan kikwajket.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
Then the man who caught and grabbed the turkey took it to his house. Immediately he ordered his wife to kill the turkey so they could eat it. So his wife killed the turkey, plucked it, and made the food, and they ate it.
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: asi, takat, witz, 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: asi, ina, 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.
Kunij yaja kitzki wan kwikak ka ichan, wan kilwij isiwaw ma kimiktij wan kichiwki se komidaj wan kikwajket.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
Then he caught it and took it home and told his wife to kill it and make the food, and they ate it.
Kunij inaket los tres pwes yek (ne) tay tikchiwtuk pero bien naja nikneki shikchiwa nuwan ne jwabor (juabor), shinechilwiti siquiera kan nemi ne plumas?
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ina
Translation
Kunij inaket los tres pwes yek (ne) tay tikchiwtuk pero bien naja nikneki shikchiwa nuwan ne jwabor (juabor), shinechilwiti siquiera kan nemi ne plumas? Kan nakak ne ujumiu? Pal niyaw nikita kan nemi.
Then the three said, "well, what you have done is all right, but I want you to do me a favor". "Show me, at least, where the feathers are, where the bones were left, so I can go see where they are".
Los tres ajsiket kan nemi ne plumas wan ne wejwesuj ka te kikwajtuk pelu.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: asi
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.
Al ratito tikwini,kan (kwak)(keman) tikwinik yaja kita ka maya kimak bueltaj en la buelta ke kimaka muciwket elevar wan muchiwket desaparecer.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
Soon it thrundered. When it thundered he saw that it just turned around. In the turn that it made it raised and disappeared.
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.
Yajika neurakaneros witzet de Chiltiupan, witzet kwikat elut pal kikwa, pero kunij muchiwket jregar por ke kimiktijket se siwapil wan kikwajket.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: witz
Translation
So, the "hurricaners" in reality come from Chilteopan; they come to take ears of corn to eat. But they were screwed up, because they killed the girl and ate her.
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 niyaw nikchij kontar ka nin nemi se chulet ke yaja propio yaja nechilwijtuk ka inan ne iteku né tik arkuj nemit.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: shulét
Translation
Today I'm going to tell him that there is an old man here who himself has told me that his mother and his father are there in the arch. (There is a natural rock-arch very near Santo Domingo de Guzmán.)
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.
Ajsik né tik ne pwertaj, muketza a media pwertaj, kilwia: nunan, nuteku shalkisa, naj nimayana, nikneki nitakwa.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ketza
Translation
He came there to the door, stood in the middle of the door, and said, "mother, father, come out, I'm hungry, I want to eat".
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: yawi, 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.
Yaj propio ne chulet nechiwtuk kontar, yaja itukay Lorenso López kipiatuya ume ipilawan.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: shulét
Translation
The old man himself has told me this. His name was Lorenzo López. He had two sons.
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.
Wan Lionaj kichiwtuk sentir sujsul sesek, yajika muketztuk peyna bien tayua; kitatia tit pal panu isesek.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ketza
Translation
Kwikak ne siwat ichan neyuk siwat itukay Lionaj. Wan Lionaj kichiwtuk sentir sujsul sesek, yajika muketztuk peyna bien tayua; kitatia tit pal panu isesek.
He took the woman to the house of the other woman named Leonarda and (this) Leonarda had been very cold. So she had gotten up late at night to light the fire to get over being cold.
Yajika nimuketzki niktatia tit pal nimututunia.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ketza
Translation
"That's why I got up to light the fire to warm up."
El Sipitillo · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Varios tesu kishmatket ma ka kichij konvenir kisa, kisa con la noche, las doce de la noche, tayuwa.
El Sipitillo · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
Many haven't known that it doesn't pay to go out at night, at midnight.
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