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Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Pero kenemej tesu mawiltia ka afuera, muchijki entristeser.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: mawiltia
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: maka, maka2, mati
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."
Kimakak pal mutalia pak se trusujtzin, shimutali kilwia.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
He gave her a block of wood to sit on; "sit down", he said.
Ne reynaj bidaj kimati ka kichijket atender.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: mati
Translation
The queen felt good that he attended them.
Ma mawilti wan mas pipiltzitzin, yu muchiwa alegrar.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: maka, maka2, mati
Translation
"Let him play with other boys, he'll cheer up."
Yawita witzet ne nupilawantzitzin, yut mawiltiat.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"My boys are going to come soon, they're going to play."
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.
Aj, shikida, mamaj, kilwia ne piltzintzin.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"Oh, look, mama", said the little boy.
Ini ja niknekiskia ma nupal!, esto.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: maka, maka2, mati
Translation
"That's what I wish were mine, that there."
Yu yawi anmuwan pal muchiwa dibertir, yu yawi anmuwan, tesu ja pal ankisumat.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Yut anyawit. Yu yawi anmuwan pal muchiwa dibertir, yu yawi anmuwan, tesu ja pal ankisumat.
"You'll go and he'll go with you; he'll go with you to have a good time." "He's not here for you to hit him."
Muchijki alegrar ne piltzintzin, ne prinsipe, ma tinakan.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: maka, maka2, mati
Translation
Muchijki alegrar ne piltzintzin, ne prinsipe, ma tinakan. Muchijki alegrar.
The little boy was happy, we mean the prince, was happy.
Ini ja (ka) niknekiskia katka, nimawiltia.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: mawiltia
Translation
"That's what I wanted, to play."
Tejemet tiawita, kilwia ne shuretzin: Shakan, pero te shikelkawa, cualquier rato shiwala wan ne mutelpuchtzin; ka nikan nemit ne iamigitus pal mawiltia.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: mawiltia
Translation
"We're going now", said the old man; "you go too, but don't forget, come anytime with your son; here are his friends to play with".
Niu nimitzinmaka se pwestoj, se kargoj.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"I am going to give you a position, an office."
Kinmakak pwestoj ne prinsipe ne seyuk pijpipilmet, kenemej tajtakameta.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The prince gave an office to the boys, since they were men now.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Tesu kimati katka ka ne isiwaw se brujaj.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: mati
Translation
He didn't know that his wife was a witch.
Naka ne ikwerpoj, se maya ne itzuntekun.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: maka2, semaya
Translation
Her body remains and only her head goes.
Yaja kitajtan se konsejoj wan kimakaket, kimakat se konsejoj.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
He asked for advice and it was given to him, they gave him advice.
Kilwijket ma kimawalti chil.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: maka, maka2, mati
Translation
They told him to smear chili on her.
Pwes kimawaltij ne seyuk.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
So he smear her.
Witz ka madrugada ne itzuntekun.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Witz ka madrugada ne itzuntekun. Teya su welik musalua.
The head came in the morning; she was no longer able to attach herself.
Uk kinutzki, mutamutak ne tzuntekumat, musaluj pak ikechkuyu.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
When he spoke to her the skull throw itself and stuck onto his neck.
Yajki ka tiupan chan ne palej, ma kimaka ne konsejoj ken kichiwaskia.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: maka, maka2, mati
Translation
Yajki kitajtani seyuk konsejoj. Yajki ka tiupan chan ne palej, ma kimaka ne konsejoj ken kichiwaskia.
He went to ask for more advice; he went to the church, to the priest's. He should advise him how he should do it.
Sepa ne tzuntekumat tesu kineki naka ten tiupan, tesu kineki.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The head did not want to stay outside in front of the church, she didn't want to.
Naja tesu nikmati, peroj nechilwijket ka nusiwaw brujaj, ma niktalij kwidado.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: maka, maka2, mati
Translation
"I don't know, but they told me my wife is a witch, that I should be careful."
Ka madrugada witz, witz sepa.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"In the morning she came, she came again."
Pero kenemej nikmakak chil, teya su welik.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"But since I put chili on her, she no longer could."
Ashan nechilwia ne palej asu nikpia se nufinkita, ma niyu iwan, wan ne chijchiltik tzaput ma kikwa ne ujuksik, wan tami ma kimaka wan ne chijchikajtuk pal nikmiktia.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: maka, maka2, mati
Translation
"Now the priest told me that if I have a farm that I should go with her that she eat the red custard apples that are ripe, and then I should hit her with the hard ones in order to kill her."
Ka kanaj kalmutijtiwit se masat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: masat
Translation
Who knows from where a deer was startled.
Kabal ne panuk tan ne tzaput; mutamuta ne tzuntekumat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
It went by right there under the zapote tree; the head threw itself.
Musaluj nikan pak ne masat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: masat
Translation
Laj! Musaluj nikan pak ne masat.
"Lah" -- it stuck here on the deer (on its neck).
Ne masat mas mutajtamuta.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: masat
Translation
The deer took off jumping.
Mikik ne masat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: masat
Translation
Pa! Wetzki. Tzi-li-li-li-li! Mikik ne masat.
"Pa!" -- it fell -- it trembled and trembled -- the deer died.
Pejket temut ne kujkusmamet.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The vultures started descending.
Kinekit kikwat ne nakat, ne ijyak nakat pal ne masat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: masat
Translation
They wanted to eat the meat, the stinking meat of the deer.
Al fin de tanto, wakik ne masat, wan yaja, ne tzuntekumat, yawia miki ka iseltzin tik ne kebrada.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: masat
Translation
Finally the deer dried up and she, the skull, was going to die all alone there in the canyon.
Kan ne miktuk, waltakatki se tekumat, waltakatki se tekumat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Mikik. Kan ne miktuk, waltakatki se tekumat, waltakatki se tekumat.
She died; where she had died a groud tree sprouted.
Yawi ne Tantepuslamat, ja yaja inan, ne brujaj Tantepuslamat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The witch (the "iron-toothed-old-woman") came. It's she who is her mother, the witch "iron-toothed-old-woman".
Yajki ya; kimatki kan nemi ne isiwapiltzin.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
She went. She knew where her daughter was.
Kimatki ne Tantepuslamat, witz pal yawi kita.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The iron-toothed-old-woman sensed it; she came to go see it.
Kabal tapanik ka tajku tayua, ma tikinakan ne "medianoche", tikaki tajku tayua.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: maka, maka2, mati
Translation
Then it split open in the middle of the night, let's say at midnight; you hear it at midnight.
Yajki kita ne lamajtzin.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: lamachin, lamat, lamatzin
Translation
Yajki kita ne lamajtzin. Sel pipiltzitzin ne iishyu ne tekumat; sel pipiltzitzin.
The old woman went to see; the seeds of the gourd were just little boys, they were just little boys.
Sel pipiltzitzin ne iishyu ne tekumat; sel pipiltzitzin.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Yajki kita ne lamajtzin. Sel pipiltzitzin ne iishyu ne tekumat; sel pipiltzitzin.
The old woman went to see; the seeds of the gourd were just little boys, they were just little boys.
Kilwiat inlama.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Nanita, nanita, nanita! Kilwiat inlama. Queremos hamaquita, nanita! Kilwiat tik kastiaj.
"Gramma, gramma, gramma" they said to their grandmother, "we want little hammocks, gramma", they said to her in Spanish.
Queremos hamaquita, nanita!
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Nanita, nanita, nanita! Kilwiat inlama. Queremos hamaquita, nanita! Kilwiat tik kastiaj.
"Gramma, gramma, gramma" they said to their grandmother, "we want little hammocks, gramma", they said to her in Spanish.
Yajki kene de regreso kalikak se iajamakaj.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
So she returned and brought some hammocks.
Pejki kilwia tik majikaj: Tzapalu puchut, tzapalu puchut, tzapalu puchut, tzapalu puchut, tzapalu puchut, tzapalu puchut!
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
She started to say in magic, "down silk-cotton tree, down tree, down tree, down tree, down tree!"
Ne puchut waltemu witz, waltemu witz ne puchut y tajtasa ne majmajtzal tik tal.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The silk-cotton tree came donw, down came the silk-cotton tree and its brances touched the ground.
Pejki ne inlama kiwijwilanij ne ajamakitas, wan tami.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Pejki ne inlama kiwijwilanij ne ajamakitas, wan tami. Ajka puchut, ajka puchut, ajka puchut, yajki sepa ne puchut ka ajku.
Their grandmother began to hang the hammocks. Afterwards, "up silk-cotton tree, up tree up, tree"; the silk-cotton tree went back up.
Wan tami kalnutzket ne inlama.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Wan tami kalnutzket ne inlama. Kinekit temut, ma kaltemulti.
Later they called their grandmother; they want to get down, get them down.
Kinekit temut, ma kaltemulti.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: maka, maka2, mati
Translation
Wan tami kalnutzket ne inlama. Kinekit temut, ma kaltemulti.
Later they called their grandmother; they want to get down, get them down.
Pwes yajki ne lamajtzin; kaltemultia.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: lamachin, lamat, lamatzin
Translation
Pwes yajki ne lamajtzin; kaltemultia. Tajtakamet!
Well, the old woman went. She got them down; they were already men.
Kilwiat ne inlama: Nanita, musta tiyut tiawit titapewiat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Kilwiat ne inlama: Nanita, musta tiyut tiawit titapewiat. Kilwiat: Shakan, nuishwiuwan! Kilwia.
They said to their grandmother, "gramma, tomorrow we are going to go hunt", they tell her. "Go ahead, my grandchildren", she said.
Kalmiktijket se masat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: masat
Translation
Yajket. Kalmiktijket se masat.
They went; they killed a deer.
Kishipejket wan kimakaket ne inlama ma kimana.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: mana, maka, maka2, mati
Translation
Kishipejket wan kimakaket ne inlama ma kimana. Kimanki.
They skinned it and told their grandmother to cook it; she cooked it.
Kimanki.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Kishipejket wan kimakaket ne inlama ma kimana. Kimanki.
They skinned it and told their grandmother to cook it; she cooked it.
Kinnutzki ne inlama.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Kinnutzki ne inlama. Kilwia: Shisakan! Nemia ne takwal! Shisakan, nupilawantzitzin, shisakan! Nemia ne takwal!
Their grandmother spoke to them; she said, "wake up, the food is ready, wake up my children, wake up, the food is ready!"
Pero, pero kinshijshikuj ne inlama, porke ya kipia se enamorado.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
But their grandmother deceived them because she had a lover.
Ne iishwiuwan teya su kinmaka ne takwal, se maya ne ienamorado sentakwat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: maka2, semaya
Translation
She no longer gave the food to her grandchildren; she only ate together with her lover.
Kenemej nemi ne Nanawatzin, ne chimpe Nanawatzin, ya kita ta kichiwa ne inlama.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
But as the Nanahuatzin was there, the youngest child, he saw what their grandmother was doing.
Kinilwia ne iermanujwan: Nulama mitzinchiwa nemi joder; Tesu antakwat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: lamat
Translation
He told his brothers, "my grandmother is screwing you; you're not eating".
Kabal mitzinmajmawaltia ne anmutejtenshipal pal muchiwat saboriar.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"She just smears grease on your lips so they will taste."
Kinilwia ne Nanawatzin, se chimpe: Shinechwikakan ne idamuj nulama, yaja ja kikwa ne takwal.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: lamat
Translation
Kinilwia ne Nanawatzin, se chimpe: Shinechwikakan ne idamuj nulama, yaja ja kikwa ne takwal. Pwes shinechwikakan.
The Nanahuatzin, the youngest child, said to them, "take me; my grandmother's fellow, he's the one who eats the food; so take me!".
Tiut tikwikat ne tuermanitoj, lama.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: lamat
Translation
"We're going to take our little brother, gramdmother."
Man shiktzujtzuntamejtikan ne witzkuyul, wan ne shiktalpachukan.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: man, mana, manu
Translation
Nikan shikchiwakan ne sanjoj. Man shiktzujtzuntamejtikan ne witzkuyul, wan ne shiktalpachukan.
"Make the trench here, but sharpen the güiscoyols and put them in the ground."
Uk yu witz ne tukujkul wan yu kimati ne. parran! pa! yu temu.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: mati
Translation
"Now our 'bogeyman' is going to come there and he's going to feel the "parran", "pa", he's going to fall."
Kishipejket, kipakat, kiwikaket chan ne inlama.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
They skinned him, washed him, and took him to their grandmother's.
Talikat masat, wan sanka.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: masat
Translation
Shikida nanita!, kilwiat. Talikat masat, wan sanka.
"Look, gramma", they said to her, "we brought a deer", and it was a lie.
Tesu ja masat, ne inakayu tukujkul, ne idamuj ne inlama.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: masat
Translation
That was not a deer; it was the meat of their 'bogeyman', of their grandmother's fellow.
Pwes eje, ej nupilawantzitzin, niu nikmana, tiut titakwat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: mana
Translation
"Well yes, yes, my children, I'm going to cook it, we're going to eat."
Tesu, tesu ja masat, sino ne idamuj ne inlama, ja yaja kimiktijket, wan kiwikaket ne nakat pal kikwa ne inlama.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: masat
Translation
No, that was not deer, but rather their grandmother's fellow. It was him that they killed, and they took the meat so that their grandmother would eat it.
Shikuchikama!, kilwia tik nawat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Shikuchikama!, kilwia tik nawat. Shikuchikan!
"Sleep now!", she said in Pipil, "go to sleep!".
Pejki ne Tantepuslamat kikwa ne nakat, wan tami kilwijket: Ken tikmatki ne nakat, lama?
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: lamat
Translation
The iron-toothed-old-woman began to eat the meat. Afterwards they said, "how did you find the meat, grandmother?".
Yamanik.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Bidaj, nutejtelpuchtzin, bidaj nutejtelpuchtzin. Yamanik.
"Delicious my sons, delicious my sons, soft."
Nikmati ka mitzinmakatuk ne konsejoj.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: mati
Translation
Ja! Nikmati ka mitzinmakatuk ne konsejoj. Ne chimpe mitzinmakatuk ne konsejoj.
"Ha, I know that the youngest child has advised you, he has advised you."
Ne chimpe mitzinmakatuk ne konsejoj.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Ja! Nikmati ka mitzinmakatuk ne konsejoj. Ne chimpe mitzinmakatuk ne konsejoj.
"Ha, I know that the youngest child has advised you, he has advised you."
Ma kia.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: maka, maka2, mati
Translation
Bueno, esta bueno! Ma kia. Pero niu nikmiktia ne chimpitoj.
"Well, that's all right, so be it, but I'm going to kill that youngest child."
Yu kimaka se mordida.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: maka
Translation
She was going to bite him.
Nechmakak se pedrada, kilwia.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"She hit me with a rock", he said.
Bueno, esta bueno, pero yu kita nulama ken yu panu.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: lamat
Translation
"OK, but my grandmother is going to see what's going to happen."
Mas ka tiutak, witzaya wan ne itapak.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Later in the evening she was coming with her wash.
Kilwijket: Shikida lama, tiut tiyawit se apwesta.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: lamat
Translation
Kilwijket: Shikida lama, tiut tiyawit se apwesta. Ka panu ne iashish tzumpan kal, tesu tikmiktisnekit.
They said, "look grandmother, we're going to make a bet; whoever passes his/her piss on top of the house we don't want to kill".
Ashan shikitzkikan tulama.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Ashan shikitzkikan tulama. Ma kipanulti ne iashish!
"Now grab our grandmother; let her pass her piss."
Ma kipanulti ne iashish!
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: maka, maka2, mati
Translation
Ashan shikitzkikan tulama. Ma kipanulti ne iashish!
"Now grab our grandmother; let her pass her piss."
Kilpijket ne ajargoyaj wan kimakaket tit ne kal.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
They tied the rings (of the door) and set fire to the house.
Ne tamik ne Tantepuslama.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
There the iron-toothed-old-woman met her end.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Keman inat yejemet ka yawi panu urakan, segun yejemet inat ka tik ne ejekat panu ne witzet hombres wan siwatket al aire con tal de que witzet kwikat elut pal yejemet kiwikat, kunij ne mijmil nakak bien quebrado, bien aplastado, varias mazorcas desfigurado en un aspecto de como buba, yajane mazorcas kwikat ne Chiltiupanekos sekun nutatanoy wan nu noyaj kichiwket kontar.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: keman
Translation
When they say there is going to be a big storm, so they say, in the wind that comes by there come men and women in the wind such that they come to carry off ears of corn for them to eat. Thus the milpas were left broken, quite flattened, with many ears of corn disfigured with a look like pustules. Those were the ears of corn that the Chilteopaners took, according to my grandfather and my grandmother.
Pero en ese caso siyujti nemi se takat intelijentej, wan muchiwki proponer ke era de mas tay witzet kichiwat nin tik tutechan.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
But in this case, once there was a smart man who held that what they came to do in our town was too much.
Kunij yaja kichiwki se trampaj, tik ne trampaj welik kikutamima se siwapil como de diesiocho años, peroj ne siwapil al mumentuj ke wetzki talchi inmediatamente mukwepki se chumpipi.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
So he made a trap. In the trap he was able to catch a girl of about eighteen. But at the moment she fell to the ground, immediately the girl changed into a turkey.
Kunij ne takat ke kikutamin kitzki ne chumpipi kwika ka ichan, inmediatamente kichiwki ordinar iswaw ma kimikti ne chumpipi pal kikwat, entonces ne isiwaw kimiktij ne chumpipi, kichiwki desplumar wan kichiwki ne komidaj, wan kikwajket.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: maka, maka2, mati
Translation
Then the man who caught and grabbed the turkey took it to his house. Immediately he ordered his wife to kill the turkey so they could eat it. So his wife killed the turkey, plucked it, and made the food, and they ate it.
Pero, tay yejemet muchiwket afijar ka ne iujumiyu ne chumpipi, ne plumas te kikwaj pelu, entonces nakak pensativo muchi ne jwamilia tayika te kikwaj pelu ne ujumit ni ke ne plumaj.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
But what they noticed was that the dog did not eat the turkey's bones and feathers. Then the whole family was left puzzled because the dog wouldn't eat the bones nor the feathers.
A los tres dias ka panutuk ne urakan wan kikwajtiwit ne chumpipi. walajket ume takamet wan se siwat kitemuat, kunij ajsiket ichan ne takat kaj kikutaminki por que yejemet poco mas o menos kimatiata katka kaj kikutamin.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
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.
Kunij yaja kitzki wan kwikak ka ichan, wan kilwij isiwaw ma kimiktij wan kichiwki se komidaj wan kikwajket.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: maka, maka2, mati
Translation
Then he caught it and took it home and told his wife to kill it and make the food, and they ate it.
Kunij inaket los tres pwes yek (ne) tay tikchiwtuk pero bien naja nikneki shikchiwa nuwan ne jwabor (juabor), shinechilwiti siquiera kan nemi ne plumas?
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
Kunij inaket los tres pwes yek (ne) tay tikchiwtuk pero bien naja nikneki shikchiwa nuwan ne jwabor (juabor), shinechilwiti siquiera kan nemi ne plumas? Kan nakak ne ujumiu? Pal niyaw nikita kan nemi.
Then the three said, "well, what you have done is all right, but I want you to do me a favor". "Show me, at least, where the feathers are, where the bones were left, so I can go see where they are".
Los tres ajsiket kan nemi ne plumas wan ne wejwesuj ka te kikwajtuk pelu.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
The three came to where the feathers and bones were that the dog had not eaten.
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: keman, maka, maka2, semaya
Translation
Soon it thrundered. When it thundered he saw that it just turned around. In the turn that it made it raised and disappeared.
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
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.
Kienej nechiwtuk kontar nutatanoy wan nunoyaj, wan esta fecha siempre panu urakan pero tejemet teya keman tikitaket su walkuwetzi se, yajiika an nikchiwa kontar nuamikuj pal kwika como recuerdo ini kwentuj. <arco>
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: keman
Translation
That's what my grandfather and grandmother told me, and big storms always come, but we never saw if one came to fall. So, today I am telling this to my friend so he can take this story with him as a remembrance.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Yajika keman yaja mayana , ina isel, "por el ultimo nikmai kan nemi nuteku, kan nemi nunan."
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: keman, mayana
Translation
So when he was hungry, he said to himself, "finally I know where my father is, where my mother is".
niyaw niktajtani tay nikwa, por ke yejemet kipiat deber nechmakat an ka nimayana.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: mayana
Translation
I'm going to ask them for something to eat, because they have to give it to me now that I'm hungry.
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