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Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku551Naja Ni Genaro32Timumachtikan!55El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos12The Pipil Language of El Salvador4
King, Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku (2012)
551 occurrences
Chapter 2
Tiktisit wan asujkal iwan kanela, tikchat tishti chukulat, tikmanat iwan at kwakwalaka, tikmaliat pal tikunit.
p. 20
Chapter 3
Kwakuni nikitzkik naja.
p. 25
Chapter 4
Kwakuni inak yaja:
p. 26
Kwakuni inaket yejemet:
p. 26
Kwakuni inak se yejemet:
p. 26
Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004)
32 occurrences
Kwak Naja Nichikitik
Kwak Naja Nichikitik
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: kwa
Translation
Childhood
Nipejki niaw ka tamachtiluyan kwak nikpiatuya majtakti shiwit.
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: kwa
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.
Yajika kwak naja nichikitik maya niksajsajsaka kumal pal niknamaka.
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: kwa
Translation
Yajika kwak naja nichikitik maya niksajsajsaka kumal pal niknamaka. Iwan ipatiw chupi naka pal nikua tay nimuneki, wan chupi pal nimukwepa nikua senpa kumal.
So when I was a boy I just carried kumals to sell (in the market). What I earned was hardly enough to pay for what I needed and to buy more kumals.
Nitamachtia Nawat
Kiunij panuk miak shiwit, wan kwak nikpiatuya 47 shiwit nitekitik tik ne Kalpuli.
p. 6 · See in the dictionary: kwa
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.
Nikpalewia Ne Nawataketzalis
Kiunij panuk, pejki niajsi pal nechishmatit, wan kwak nechishmatket, ne nantzin Vicky de Amaya nechilwij:
p. 8 · See in the dictionary: kwa
Translation
Panuk ka nechilwijket ma niajsi ka Kulalmumachtiani pal nechishmatit. Kiunij panuk, pejki niajsi pal nechishmatit, wan kwak nechishmatket, ne nantzin Vicky de Amaya nechilwij:
Then they invited me to visit the Students’ Circle. So along I went, and when they met me, Mrs. Vicky de Amaya said to me:
King, Timumachtikan! (2011)
55 occurrences
22 Tiwitz nuwan?
Kanka tiaw kwak tami ne tamachtiluyan?
p. 76 · See in the dictionary: kwa
Translation (Spanish)
Cuando termina la escuela, ¿a dónde vas?
25 Tik ne tiankis (2)
Kwakuni yawi kitajtanilia ne ukse tanamakani:
p. 84
Translation (Spanish)
Entonces va y le pregunta a otra vendedora:
Kwak tami kikua chil, cafe wan muchi tay muneki, Paula mukwepa ichan.
p. 84 · See in the dictionary: kwa
28 Keman tiaw timukwepa?
— Ken senpa, niaw nimuketza kwak tanesi: makwil horaj, anka makwil wan tajku.
p. 92 · See in the dictionary: kwa
Translation (Spanish)
— Como siempre me levantaré al amanecer: a las cinco, tal vez las cinco y media.
Tiawit timuitat kwak nimukwepa.
p. 92 · See in the dictionary: kwa
Translation (Spanish)
— Yek. Tiawit timuitat kwak nimukwepa.
— Sí. Nos veremos cuando regrese.
Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960)
12 occurrences
p. 48 · Nahuizalco
Ume ish wan yey kwakwacho.
p. 48 · Nahuizalco
Translation (Spanish)
Dos ojos y tres cuernos
p. 56 · Nahuizalco
Kwak naja niweyas, nu-nikcha seuk kenha ini.
p. 56 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: kwa
Translation (Spanish)
Cuando yo sea grande, voy a hacer otra como ésta.
p. 57 · Nahuizalco
Ma' shimalti kwak (kwa) tinemi tzutawa.
p. 57 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: kwa
Translation (Spanish)
No te bañes cuando estés cansado.
Ma' keman shimukwakwa, shikita ka uni ina te yek ka mumaku.
p. 57 · Nahuizalco
Translation (Spanish)
Nunca te enojes, ve que eso dice mal de ti.
p. 60 · Nahuizalco
Kwak yawit ka ajku, ne pupuyumet yu-kitat.
p. 60 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: kwa
Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985)
4 occurrences
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Te shikwakan nushulejyu, te shikwakan nushulejyu!, asi le dice.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: kwa
Translation
"Don't eat my husband, don't eat my husband!", that's what she said to them.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Al ratito tikwini,kan (kwak)(keman) tikwinik yaja kita ka maya kimak bueltaj en la buelta ke kimaka muciwket elevar wan muchiwket desaparecer.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: kwa
Translation
Soon it thrundered. When it thundered he saw that it just turned around. In the turn that it made it raised and disappeared.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Yajika kwak niyaw nimukwewpa niyawi ka Arkuj, niyaw niknutza nuteku pal nikajwa.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: kwa
Translation
Therefore when I go back to the arch, I'm going to speak to my father to chew him out."
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).