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Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku228Naja Ni Genaro20Achtu Taksalis5Timumachtikan!35El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos33The Pipil Language of El Salvador30
King, Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku (2012)
228 occurrences
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Tiktisit wan asujkal iwan kanela, tikchat tishti chukulat, tikmanat iwan at kwakwalaka, tikmaliat pal tikunit.
p. 20
Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004)
20 occurrences
Kwak Naja Nichikitik
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.
Nitamachtia Nawat
Kiunij panuk miak shiwit, wan kwak nikpiatuya 47 shiwit nitekitik tik ne Kalpuli.
p. 6
Translation
Kiunij panuk miak shiwit, wan kwak nikpiatuya 47 shiwit nitekitik tik ne Kalpuli. Né ninemik ume shiwit, wan ka tesu nechtashtawat yek, nikiski wan ninakak nitekiti tik ne kojtan.
Many years passed, and when I was 47 years old I worked for the Town Council. I was there for two years, but as it didn’t pay well, I left and went to work in the fields.
Niktaya ne tal pal niktuka ne mil, pal tik nukal muchi nupijpilawan wan nusiwaw te kiseliat mayan.
p. 6 · See in the dictionary: kal
Translation
Niktaya ne tal pal niktuka ne mil, pal tik nukal muchi nupijpilawan wan nusiwaw te kiseliat mayan. Kiunij panuk sujsul shijshiwit.
I worked the land and grew corn so that my children and wife wouldn’t go hungry. So the years went by.
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:
Cárcamo et al., Achtu Taksalis (2023)
5 occurrences
Tamachtilis 4: Tiawikan ka tiankis!
Semaya tinejnemit makwil cuadraj kan kalaki ne tunal wan ume ka ajkuik.
See in the dictionary: kalaki
Tamachtilis 7. Nimetzinhishmati
Tamachtilis 8. Itekitilis.
Nitekiti tik ne kalkukuyanit tik Ijtzalku.
King, Timumachtikan! (2011)
35 occurrences
5 Tay kichiwa?
Ne kunet nemi tik ne kal.
p. 30 · See in the dictionary: kal
Translation (Spanish)
El niño está en la casa.
Kan nemi ne kal?
p. 30 · See in the dictionary: kal
Translation (Spanish)
¿Dónde está la casa?
Ne kal nemi tik ini ujti.
p. 30 · See in the dictionary: kal
Translation (Spanish)
La casa está en esta calle.
Ne pelu nemi tik ne tenkal.
p. 30 · See in the dictionary: tenkál
Translation (Spanish)
El perro está en el patio.
Semaya ne kunet nemi tik ne kal.
p. 30 · See in the dictionary: kal
Translation (Spanish)
Sólo el niño está en la casa.
Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960)
33 occurrences
p. 48 · Nahuizalco
Yey kalat wan nawi kukuat.
p. 48 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: kalat
Translation (Spanish)
Tres sapos y cuatro culebras
p. 49 · Nahuizalco
Nemi ne kalat tik ne kumit?
p. 49 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: kalat
Translation (Spanish)
Está la rana en la olla?
Tejemet tikpiat tuishkalyu.
p. 49 · Nahuizalco
Translation (Spanish)
Nosotros tenemos cara
p. 52 · Nahuizalco
Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985)
30 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".
Kalikat ne yey pipiltzitzin se inmijmichintzitzin, wan ne seyuk kalika se itapajsul ne wilutzin mareño.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The three boys brought some little fish, and the other brought a nest of the mareño bird.
Niu ninemi deskalsoj kenha nemit nuamigitus, kilwia.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"I'm going to be barefooted just like my friends are", he said.
Kalinnutzki.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
He called them.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Ka kanaj kalmutijtiwit se masat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Who knows from where a deer was startled.
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).