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Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku23Naja Ni Genaro8Achtu Taksalis1Timumachtikan!7The Pipil Language of El Salvador6
King, Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku (2012)
23 occurrences
Chapter 7
Wan ne ikal nakak ken ne kiekchiwilijket ne tepewa, wan ne tumin kiekchiwilijket kan ne yu-kipia.
p. 42 · See in the dictionary: kal
Chapter 8
Wan pal tikita ka naja ne nikuat kan ne tikalak ne nujnukshi, wan pal tikita ka naja ne ashan, tiaw timushtapachua.
p. 48
Ashan weli nikalaki wan nikisa.
p. 49 · See in the dictionary: kalaki
Chapter 10
Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004)
8 occurrences
Nitakwika Ipal Ne Tiut
Nusan nitakwikak takwikalis ipal ne Tiut.
p. 10
Translation
Né nitaketzki ne taketzalis ipal ne Tiut. Nusan nitakwikak takwikalis ipal ne Tiut.
There I spoke the language for God. I also sang for God.
Né nechishmatijket ka naja niweli taketza Nawat ka tik ne tiupan ipal Santa Catarina Masawat nitakwikak se takwikalis ka ina “Melka Kwak Taja Tinejnemi, Tesu Musel Tinemi”, wan kikakik ne Palej.
p. 10
Translation
Né nechishmatijket ka naja niweli taketza Nawat ka tik ne tiupan ipal Santa Catarina Masawat nitakwikak se takwikalis ka ina “Melka Kwak Taja Tinejnemi, Tesu Musel Tinemi”, wan kikakik ne Palej. Kunij inak:
There it became known that I could speak Nawat, because at the church in Santa Catarina Masahuát I sang a hymn that goes “Though You Walk, You Are Not Alone”, and the priest heard it. Then he said:
Ken Nipejki Nitekiti Tik Ne Nawataketzalis
—Taja ne titakwikak ne takwikalis nian keman ka né tik ne tiupan Santa Catarina?
p. 12
Translation
“Are you the fellow who sang a song that time in the church in Santa Catarina?”
Ken Nikwikatuk Ne Nawataketzalis Ka Miak Tal
Kunij walajtuya se nawataketza ipal Meshikal pal tamachtia ne Nawataketzalis, wan kenhayuk kinetuya kaj kipalewia iwan muchi ne tajtamachtiani.
p. 14
Translation
Kunij walajtuya se nawataketza ipal Meshikal pal tamachtia ne Nawataketzalis, wan kenhayuk kinetuya kaj kipalewia iwan muchi ne tajtamachtiani. Né ninemik kashtuli tunal iwanmet. Né nechishmatijket ka naja niweli nitaketza Nawat, wan kwak nemik ukseseyuk senputzuat teya nechajkawket ma te niu.
Then a Nahuatl speaker from Mexico came to teach the language, and once more he wanted somebody to help him with the teachers. I was there with them for two weeks. There I was recognised for my knowledge of Nawat, and afterwards I got invited to all the meetings.
Tik ne kenka shiwit niajki ka Honduras; tik ne shiwit 1993 niajki ka Meshikal (ninemik tik ne Estado Campeche); tik ne shiwit 1994 niajki ka Kojtemalan (nikwikak kukunet mijtutianit ipal ne Tenpitzak); tik ne shiwit chiknawi makwil niajki senpa ka Meshikal (ninemik tik ne Provinsiaj Tlashkala, ne timunamijket iwan tawawatianit tik taketzalis Metzali); wan tik ne shiwit 2000 niajki ka Paraway.
p. 14
Translation
That year I went to Honduras; in 1993 I went to Mexico (I was in the state of Campeche); in 1994 I went to Guatemala (I accompanied a junior Tempisque dance group); in 1995 I went to Mexico again (I was in the province of Tlashkala, where we met native-language-speaking craftsmen); and in 2000 I went to Paraguay.
Cárcamo et al., Achtu Taksalis (2023)
1 occurrence
Tamachtilis 7. Nimetzinhishmati
Shikalaki!
See in the dictionary: kalaki
King, Timumachtikan! (2011)
7 occurrences
30 Chilkwachtzin wan ne kuyut
— Ne ikal ne munoya kan nemi?
p. 95 · See in the dictionary: kal
Translation (Spanish)
— ¿La casa de tu abuela dónde está?
32 Ume takwikalis
niktakwika nutakwikalis
p. 101
Translation (Spanish)
cantando mi canción
Shikalaki tik nutechan!
p. 101 · See in the dictionary: kalaki
Translation (Spanish)
¡Entra en mi pueblo!
36 Yawi Carlita ichan inoya
— Shikalaki, chikitik! — kilwij. — Ken tinemi?
p. 110 · See in the dictionary: kalaki
Translation (Spanish)
— Shikalaki, chikitik! — kilwij. — Ken tinemi? Taja timayana?
— ¡Entra, pequeña! — le dijo. — ¿Cómo estás? ¿Tienes hambre?
— Tesu, nusan timumachtijket se takwikalis tik Nawat ne techmachtij ne tamachtiani.
p. 111
Translation (Spanish)
— Tesu, nusan timumachtijket se takwikalis tik Nawat ne techmachtij ne tamachtiani. Wan timawiltijket.
— No, también aprendimos una canción en náhuat que nos enseñó la maestra. Y jugamos.
Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985)
6 occurrences
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Kilwia: Shikalaki Señora, shikalaki, kilwia.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: kalaki
Translation
Ne nemi ne shuretzin. Kilwia: Shikalaki Señora, shikalaki, kilwia.
There there was an old man; he said, "come in, Señora, come in".
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
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: kal
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.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Kunij kikwij ikalabus (ikalkabus) wan imataw yawi ka né Arkuj.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
Then he grabbed his machete and his net-bag, and went there to the arch.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Pwes, tiawit tikitat ka naj nikalaki nuchan.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: kalaki
Translation
"OK, let's go see that I will enter my house."
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).