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Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku23Naja Ni Genaro17Achtu Taksalis7Timumachtikan!47El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos16The Pipil Language of El Salvador28
King, Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku (2012)
23 occurrences
Chapter 6
Wan ne takat kipiatuya inan.
p. 32 · See in the dictionary: nan
Chapter 7
Kwak asi yawi katka, kwakuni kitak se ne ipilawan, kilik ne inan:
p. 42 · See in the dictionary: nan
Chapter 12
Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004)
17 occurrences
Kwak Naja Nichikitik
Nunan itekiw muchi pal ne kal, wan nuteku itekiw tik ne kojtan.
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: nan
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.
Tesu welit katka tawawasuat nan amataketzat, yajika naja maya niwelituya nitaketza Nawat.
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: nan, nan2, nian
Translation
Since they couldn’t read and write, I only spoke Nawat.
Nikpalewia Ne Nawataketzalis
Kiunij panuk, pejki niajsi pal nechishmatit, wan kwak nechishmatket, ne nantzin Vicky de Amaya nechilwij:
p. 8 · See in the dictionary: nan, nan2, nantzin
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:
Kiunij Nemi Katka Ne Tutechan
Ne techanchanejket tesu welituyat taketzat tik Español, nan welit katka tawawasuat nan amataketzat.
p. 16 · See in the dictionary: nan, nan2, nian
Translation
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.
Ne Tiut At
Taja, Tunan At, timetzmakat padiush ka mupanpa yekawi ne takil, ka taja tikajwilia ne tal pal mulini ne jaral, ne kwajkwawit shushuknajkisa, shuchikisa.
p. 24 · See in the dictionary: nan
Translation
Mother Rain, we thank you for making the fruit grow, for you irrigate the land so that the grass will germinate and the trees will grow green and blossom.
Cárcamo et al., Achtu Taksalis (2023)
7 occurrences
Tamachtilis 6. Numiyekawan
Tamachtilis 8. Itekitilis.
Wan munan tay itekiw?
See in the dictionary: nan
Tamachtilis 11. Nimetzmaka awakat.
King, Timumachtikan! (2011)
47 occurrences
2 Ken mutukay?
Yaja itukay Fernando.
p. 21
Translation (Spanish)
Él se llama Fernando.
3 Ini ne tamachtiani
Fernando se tamachtiani nusan.
p. 23
Translation (Spanish)
Fernando es un profesor también.
11 Shisa!
Ne inan kinutza pal muketza.
p. 46 · See in the dictionary: nan
Translation (Spanish)
Ne siwapiltzin isa peyna ka tapuyawa. Ne inan kinutza pal muketza. Yaja ina: “Shisa! Shimuketza!”
La niña despierta temprano por la mañana. Su madre la llama para que se levante. Ella dice: “¡Despertá! ¡Levantate!”
“Taja tisa?” ina ne inan.
p. 46 · See in the dictionary: nan
Translation (Spanish)
“¿Te despertás?” dice su madre.
“Nina ka nimuketza, nunan.”
p. 46 · See in the dictionary: nan
Translation (Spanish)
“Digo que me levanto, mamá.”
Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960)
16 occurrences
p. 53 · Nahuizalco
Se tunantzin nemi kitzayana tulin.
p. 53 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: nan, nantzin
Translation (Spanish)
Una señora está rajando junco.
Nemi ne nantzin tatzuma?
p. 53 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: nan, nan2, nantzin
Translation (Spanish)
Está la señora cosiendo?
Nemi ne nunantzin kitzayana tulin?
p. 53 · Nahuizalco
Translation (Spanish)
Está la señora rajando junco?
Tey kicha ne tunantzin?
p. 53 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: nan, nantzin
Translation (Spanish)
Qué está haciendo la señora?
p. 56 · Nahuizalco
Teku, nunan, nuweykawan iwan naja, tinemit ijtik yaja.
p. 56 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: nan
Translation (Spanish)
Papá, mamá, mis hermanos y yo vivimos en ella.
Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985)
28 occurrences
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
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: nan
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."
Kilwia ne inan: Shikida, shikida, nalwika se nuwilutzin.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: nan
Translation
He said to his mother, "look, look, I brought a little bird".
Kitamutak ne isapatiyas de oroj, kianki ne inan.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: nan
Translation
He threw away his golden shoes; his mother picked them up.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Yawi ne Tantepuslamat, ja yaja inan, ne brujaj Tantepuslamat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: nan
Translation
The witch (the "iron-toothed-old-woman") came. It's she who is her mother, the witch "iron-toothed-old-woman".
Nanita, nanita, nanita!
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: nan
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.
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).