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Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku36Naja Ni Genaro4Timumachtikan!10The Pipil Language of El Salvador7
King, Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku (2012)
36 occurrences
Chapter 4
Keman kitak ka yawi se tawil shushuik kitawilua se mikini, ne takat mumutij, kiski mutalua, yajki minaya.
p. 26 · See in the dictionary: kisa
Chapter 6
Wan kipachiwia, wan kitak ka ijkia ka kiski.
p. 29 · See in the dictionary: kisa
Kwakuni kiasik seuk, kitek, wan kiski selek.
p. 31 · See in the dictionary: kisa
Kwakuni kiski mutalua ne masat, wan kan kikak ka mutaluk, inak yaja ka mutaluk ne shulejyu.
p. 31 · See in the dictionary: kisa
Kwakuni kiski wan kilia:
p. 35 · See in the dictionary: kisa
Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004)
4 occurrences
Nitamachtia Nawat
Né ninemik ume shiwit, wan ka tesu nechtashtawat yek, nikiski wan ninakak nitekiti tik ne kojtan.
p. 6 · See in the dictionary: kisa
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.
Ken Nipejki Nitekiti Tik Ne Nawataketzalis
—Ka naja niknekiskia ma shiwi timusenpua nikan iwan tumajmanujwan wan shikinmachti taketzat Nawat.
p. 12 · See in the dictionary: neki
Translation
—Ka naja niknekiskia ma shiwi timusenpua nikan iwan tumajmanujwan wan shikinmachti taketzat Nawat. Tiawit timetztashtawat pal metzti ume tzunti tumin. Ken tina? Nemi yek?
“Because I’d like you to come and join our brethren here and teach them to speak Nawat. We’ll pay you 200 colones a month. Well, what do you say?”
Ne Teku Tunal
Teku Tunal, timetzmakat padiush ka tikiskia pal tinemi tuwan muchi ne tanestuk pal titechtawilua wan pal titechtutunia pal te tikseliat sesek ka su te titechtutunia tiwelit timikit ipal sesek.
p. 20
Translation
Father Sun, we thank you for having risen to stay with us all day to give us light and warm us so that we will not suffer cold because without your warmth we could die of cold.
Itzinu Se Tepechin
Naja niknekiskia nitiukwit pal nechnekit muchi yejemet!
p. 42 · See in the dictionary: neki
Translation
Pero ay, ay, ay, tay siwapilchin! Tay yejyektzin ne sijsiwatket! Naja niknekiskia nitiukwit pal nechnekit muchi yejemet!
But ay, ay, ay, such a girl! Such beautiful women! I wish I were gold so that they would all want me!
King, Timumachtikan! (2011)
10 occurrences
33 Sujsul nipakiskia
— Nikmati, wan yajika naja niknekiskia nimumachtia yek ne Nawataketzalis wan nisentekiti anmuwan pal tikpalewiat ne yektzin taketzalis ipal ne anmutechan, pal te keman muelkawa.
p. 103 · See in the dictionary: neki
Translation (Spanish)
— Yo sé, y por eso yo quisiera aprender bien la lengua náhuat y trabajar con ustedes para que apoyemos la hermosa lengua de su pueblo, para que nunca se olvide.
— Su ijkiuni, sujsul nipakiskia!
p. 103 · See in the dictionary: paki
Translation (Spanish)
— ¡Si es así, mucho me alegraría!
34 Tay tikchijki?
— Tay horaj tikiski ka muchan?
p. 105 · See in the dictionary: kisa
Translation (Spanish)
— ¿A qué hora saliste de la casa?
— Nikiski chikwasen horaj wan tajku wan nimukwepki ka tajkutunal.
p. 105 · See in the dictionary: kisa
Translation (Spanish)
— Nikiski chikwasen horaj wan tajku wan nimukwepki ka tajkutunal. Wan tay tikchijki taja?
— Salí a la seis y media y regresé a mediodía. ¿Y qué hiciste tú?
36 Yawi Carlita ichan inoya
Kwak tamik takwa, kiski mutalua.
p. 110 · See in the dictionary: kisa
Translation (Spanish)
Carlita muketzki, muapakak talul wan kitalij ikwajkwach. Mutalij kiuni chiupi cafe iwan se tamal. Kwak tamik takwa, kiski mutalua. Mutaluj hasta ajsik ichan inoya.
Carlita se levantó, se lavó de prisa y se puso la ropa. Se sentó a beber un poco de café con una tortilla. Cuando había comido, salió corriendo. Corrió hasta la casa de su abuela.
Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985)
7 occurrences
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Ini ja niknekiskia ma nupal!, esto.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: neki
Translation
"That's what I wish were mine, that there."
Ini ja (ka) niknekiskia katka, nimawiltia.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: neki
Translation
"That's what I wanted, to play."
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Kiski mutalua, mukaltzak.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: kisa
Translation
She took off running she closed herself in the house.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Kienej (kiane) kwikaket ne siwapil por ke ne takat en el momento ke kitak ne kichiwket la prueba kitak perfectamente ka se siwapil hermosa kiski tik ne wesuj wan ne plumaj.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: kisa
Translation
Actually, they took the girl because at the moment the man saw that they tried this, he saw perfectly (well) that a beautiful girl came out of the bones and feathers.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Keman yaja yawi katka derechoj ne kayej, yaj kiski iishpan Siwanawal.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: kisa
Translation
When he was going down the street the Siguanaba (a siren-like supernatural being in the form of a woman) came out in front of him.
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).