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Né ajsiket ne ipal Kulalmumachtiani. Ajsiket inat ka kimatitiwit ka ne tiupan kipia tay yejemet nejnemitiwit kitemuat. Kiunij inak ne Palej:

One day some people came from the Students’ Circle. They said they had heard that the church had just what they had been looking for. The priest said:

Ne techanchanejket tesu welituyat taketzat tik Español, nan welit katka tawawasuat nan amataketzat. Yajika, kwak ajsiket ne takamet istak, yejemet tesu kimatit tay inat ne takamet wan ne siwatket.

The inhabitants couldn’t speak Spanish, and they didn’t know how to read and write. So when the white men came, they didn’t understand what the men and women were saying.

Yejemet tesu kimatit, ken an tejemet tikmatit, ka nemi se Tiut ka te tikishmatit. Yejemet kishmatit katka tay kitat, ken ne tunal, ne at, ne tal, ne tawial, ne kwajkwawit, ne kojtan: ipal itakwal, ipal ne tapewil, wan ne kwajkwawit pal kisaluat itakil pal tikwat pal te tikseliat mayan.

They didn’t realise, as we now know, that there is a God whom we didn’t know. They recognised the things they could see, such as the sun, the rain, the land, maize, trees, and nature, which provided their food, game, and fruit-bearing trees for food so as not to endure hunger.

Muchi tikmatit ka se tutut patani. Pero ken kichiwa pal weya, tesu akaj kimati. U su kimatit ka nesi ipal se teksisti, kaj kitakwaltia? Tay mumati, ka inan kitakwaltia.

Everybody knows that a bird flies. But nobody knows how it grows up. Or if they know that it comes from an egg, who feeds it? What is known is that its mother feeds it.

Muchi tikmatit ka se tutut patani. Pero ken kichiwa pal weya, tesu akaj kimati. U su kimatit ka nesi ipal se teksisti, kaj kitakwaltia? Tay mumati, ka inan kitakwaltia.

Everybody knows that a bird flies. But nobody knows how it grows up. Or if they know that it comes from an egg, who feeds it? What is known is that its mother feeds it.

Paula yawi ka tiankis kikua takwal ken mujmusta. Yaja kimatiaya tay muneki, wan kipiaya ne itumin pal kitashtawia. Ini tay yawi kikua: awakat, chil, pula wan cafe. Te muneki et wan tumat ika ka ichan nemia. Nusan kipiaya tejteksisti ika yaja kipia se tijlan.

Paula se va al mercado a comprar comida como todos los días. Ella ya sabe qué necesita, y ya tiene su dinero para pagarlo. Esto es lo que va a comprar: aguacates, chiles, plátanos y café. No necesita frijoles y tomates porque en casa ya hay. También ya tiene huevos ya que ella tiene una gallina.

Ma' shiksuma ne kunet, ke yaja inte kimati tey kicha, nan tey ina. Shikiliti iwan tikitas ka yek.

No regañes al niño, porque él no sabe lo que hace, ni lo que dice. Enséñale y será bueno.

Nu kukutu weli chuka, tzakwa ijish pal kuchi, tero inte kimati takwa. Asu yaja takwaskia (takwajkia) nikmaskia (nimaskia) teya cosas ajajwiak ne tey nikwa naja. Niyaw nikuilia se ishunpechin pal tulin, yamani wan kalanchichin, yaja ne niktali se ilistun iwan sajtik (?); se iwipilchin pal ichkat wan shuchiw tujtultik, wan ishuchiyu (?) shushuik iwan ijiswayu ka ichijchikitan.

Mi muñeca puede llorar, cerrar los ojos para dormir, pero no sabe comer. Si ella comiera, le daría muchas cosas sabrosas de las que yo como. Voy a comprarle un sombrerito de junco, suave y bonito, al que le pondré una cinta ancha y negra; una camisita de algodón con flores amarillas, botones verdes y hojas por los lados.

The queen felt good that he attended them.

He didn't know that his wife was a witch.

"Now our 'bogeyman' is going to come there and he's going to feel the "parran", "pa", he's going to fall."

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.

Therefore, now, I told my friend so that he will know that the "skull" exists and that the Siguanaba exists, for whoever is not brave will be frightened.