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Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku2,572Naja Ni Genaro233Achtu Taksalis84Timumachtikan!574El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos274The Pipil Language of El Salvador323
King, Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku (2012)
2572 occurrences
Chapter 1
Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004)
233 occurrences
Kwak Naja Nichikitik
Nutukay Genaro Ramírez Vásquez.
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: tukey
Translation
Nutukay Genaro Ramírez Vásquez. Ninesik tik Witzapan tik ne metzti chiknawi ipal ne shiwit 1933, ne ikunew Juana Ramírez wan Catarino Vásquez. Nunan itekiw muchi pal ne kal, wan nuteku itekiw tik ne kojtan. Ne ume ipal Kushkatan.
My name is Genaro Ramirez Vasquez. I was born in Santo Domingo de Guzmán in September, 1933, the son of Juana Ramirez and Catarino Vasquez. My mother was a housewife, and my father worked in the fields. Both were from El Salvador.
Nunan itekiw muchi pal ne kal, wan nuteku itekiw tik ne kojtan.
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: kal
Translation
Nutukay Genaro Ramírez Vásquez. Ninesik tik Witzapan tik ne metzti chiknawi ipal ne shiwit 1933, ne ikunew Juana Ramírez wan Catarino Vásquez. Nunan itekiw muchi pal ne kal, wan nuteku itekiw tik ne kojtan. Ne ume ipal Kushkatan.
My name is Genaro Ramirez Vasquez. I was born in Santo Domingo de Guzmán in September, 1933, the son of Juana Ramirez and Catarino Vasquez. My mother was a housewife, and my father worked in the fields. Both were from El Salvador.
Ne ume ipal Kushkatan.
p. 4
Translation
Nutukay Genaro Ramírez Vásquez. Ninesik tik Witzapan tik ne metzti chiknawi ipal ne shiwit 1933, ne ikunew Juana Ramírez wan Catarino Vásquez. Nunan itekiw muchi pal ne kal, wan nuteku itekiw tik ne kojtan. Ne ume ipal Kushkatan.
My name is Genaro Ramirez Vasquez. I was born in Santo Domingo de Guzmán in September, 1933, the son of Juana Ramirez and Catarino Vasquez. My mother was a housewife, and my father worked in the fields. Both were from El Salvador.
Tesu welit katka tawawasuat nan amataketzat, yajika naja maya niwelituya nitaketza Nawat.
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: yaja, yajika
Translation
Since they couldn’t read and write, I only spoke Nawat.
Nipejki niaw ka tamachtiluyan kwak nikpiatuya majtakti shiwit.
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
Nipejki niaw ka tamachtiluyan kwak nikpiatuya majtakti shiwit. Maya nimumachtij ume taksaya.
I started going to school at the age of ten. I only studied up to second grade.
Cárcamo et al., Achtu Taksalis (2023)
84 occurrences
Tamachtilis 1: Ken tinemi?
Tamachtilis 2. Kan muchan?
King, Timumachtikan! (2011)
574 occurrences
2 Ken mutukay?
Ken mutukay?
p. 21 · See in the dictionary: tukey
Translation (Spanish)
¿Cómo te llamas?
Nutukay Carlos.
p. 21 · See in the dictionary: tukey
Translation (Spanish)
Me llamo Carlos.
Naja nutukay Luisa.
p. 21 · See in the dictionary: tukey
Translation (Spanish)
Yo me llamo Luisa.
Yaja itukay Fernando.
p. 21 · See in the dictionary: tukey
Translation (Spanish)
Él se llama Fernando.
3 Ini ne tamachtiani
Itukay Cecilia.
p. 23 · See in the dictionary: tukey
Translation (Spanish)
Se llama Cecilia.
Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960)
274 occurrences
p. 47 · Nahuizalco
Nikpia talkamu.
p. 47 · Nahuizalco
Translation (Spanish)
Tengo batatas
Kan nemi ne kunet?
p. 47 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: kan, kua, talia
Translation (Spanish)
Dónde está el niño?
Kan tiyaw?
p. 47 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: kan, kua, talia
Translation (Spanish)
Para dónde vas?
Kan tiwitz cho (sic)?
p. 47 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: kan, kua, talia
Translation (Spanish)
De dónde vienes?
Ka techan.
p. 47 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation (Spanish)
Para el pueblo
Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985)
323 occurrences
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Ashan katka se rey kipia se itelpuchtzin.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Once there was a king; he had a son.
Pero kenemej tesu mawiltia ka afuera, muchijki entristeser.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
But, since he didn't play outside, he became sad.
Kilwia ne inan ma tinakan ne reynaj; kilwia ne inan: Tiut tiyawit tipashaluat nepa ka kujtan Tiut tiawit aber su timuchiwa alegrar chupi.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél, ina
Translation
His mother -- we mean the queen --, his mother said, "let's go take a walk there in the woods". "Let's go see if you won't cheer up a bit."
Pwes yajket kiwikak.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
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: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
There on the plain they arrived at an old man's house, a little old man.
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).