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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.

Ne Tzikat Wan Ne Tzilintuk

  • Ne ikal ne tzikat tentuk iwan takwal.

    p. 38 · See in the dictionary: kal

    Translation

    Ne ikal ne tzikat tentuk iwan takwal. Yaja tesu keman musewia kitemua takwal. Yaja kitemua iswat wan takil ipal ne kwajkwawit.

    The ant’s home is full of food. It never stops looking for food. It hunts for the leaves and fruit of trees.

Ini Nutechan Witzapan

  • Iwan ini naja niawa niktakwika nutakwikalis, pal nikelnamiki nutechan ka nikan kan tisennemit.

    p. 44

    Translation

    And with this I take my leave to sing my song, to remember my village here on this occasion.

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).