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Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku41Naja Ni Genaro4Achtu Taksalis11Timumachtikan!25El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos6The Pipil Language of El Salvador5
King, Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku (2012)
41 occurrences
Chapter 6
Nikneki ma shinechili teika tikchiwtuk ne inteyek.
p. 30 · See in the dictionary: neki
Chapter 7
Yajika, ini nemi ka tikita ken tikpia, naja nimetzilia: shikua chiupi kupal pal ne katayuaya nikneki ma shikpupuchwi ini tumin.
p. 43 · See in the dictionary: neki
Ijkia nikneki ma shikpia tey ne yaja nechilik.
p. 43 · See in the dictionary: neki
Yajika, nikneki naja ma shikchiwa ken ne nimetzilia.
p. 43 · See in the dictionary: neki
Chapter 8
Wan naja nikneki nimetzmaka, wan tikisa nemanha.
p. 47 · See in the dictionary: neki
Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004)
4 occurrences
Nitakwika Ipal Ne Tiut
—Shiknutzakan, nikneki nitaketza iwan.
p. 10 · See in the dictionary: neki
Translation
“Call him over, I want to speak to him.”
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?”
Wan kwak nipejki nitekiti ka né, pejket ajsit ne ipal CONCULTURA pal nechilwiat su nikneki niaw tik se muputzuat miak tamachtianit ka kinekit mumachtiat Nawat.
p. 12 · See in the dictionary: neki
Translation
Né nipanuk nitekiti iwan ne Kulalmumachtiani. Nemanha, tik ne shiwit 1987, nitekitik wan ASID ne nitekitik yey shiwit. Wan kwak nipejki nitekiti ka né, pejket ajsit ne ipal CONCULTURA pal nechilwiat su nikneki niaw tik se muputzuat miak tamachtianit ka kinekit mumachtiat Nawat.
I went on working for the Students’ Circle. Then, in 1987, I worked for ASID for three years. And when I started working there, the people from CONCULTURA came and invited me to a meeting of a number of professors who wanted to study Nawat.
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!
Cárcamo et al., Achtu Taksalis (2023)
11 occurrences
Tamachtilis 3. Nikneki kukumutzin
Tamachtilis 6. Numiyekawan
Nikneki nikuni atutun
See in the dictionary: neki
Tamachtilis 12. Tinechmaka
Nin niwitz ika nikneki nimetztajtanilia se.
See in the dictionary: neki
King, Timumachtikan! (2011)
25 occurrences
4 Tay tikneki?
11 Shisa!
“Nunan, nikuni cafe pero te nikneki tamal, te nimayana,” ina yaja.
p. 46 · See in the dictionary: neki
Translation (Spanish)
“Mamá, bebo café pero no quiero tortillas, no tengo hambre,” dice ella.
27 Ne Nawat ne taketzalis ipal nutechan
Nikneki nimumachtia.
p. 88 · See in the dictionary: neki
Translation (Spanish)
— Niweli chiupichin. Nikneki nimumachtia.
— Puedo un poco. Quiero aprender.
— Nikneki nimumachtia ika ne Nawat ne taketzalis ipal ne noymet, ipal ne tutal wan ipal ne nutechan.
p. 88 · See in the dictionary: neki
Translation (Spanish)
— Nikneki nimumachtia ika ne Nawat ne taketzalis ipal ne noymet, ipal ne tutal wan ipal ne nutechan. Nusan, nikneki nimumachtia ipal ne kujkunet...
— Quiero aprender porque el náhuat es la lengua de los antepasados, de nuestra tierra y de mi pueblo. También, quiero aprender para los niños...
Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960)
6 occurrences
p. 53 · Nahuizalco
Eej nutajtzin, nikneki niyaw.
p. 53 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: neki
Translation (Spanish)
Sí, señor, me quiero ir.
p. 65 · Nahuizalco
Ashan nikneki nimaltia, ka ne at ashkan patak yek nemi, inte ijki?
p. 65 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: neki
Nikneki nitzayana nuchupi nu tulin, wan nikcha se uyashchin, wan niknama' se nupet.
p. 65 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: neki
Ijkiuni nikneki sanse wan uni.
p. 65 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: neki
p. 68 · Nahuizalco
Nikneki iayu, teshkal nakat, tamanti kamu, shushuwiket wan chupi istat.
p. 68 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: neki
Translation (Spanish)
Quiero caldo, carne asada, yuca cocida y frijoles nuevos con poca sal.
Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985)
5 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."
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
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 · See in the dictionary: neki
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".
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Ajsik né tik ne pwertaj, muketza a media pwertaj, kilwia: nunan, nuteku shalkisa, naj nimayana, nikneki nitakwa.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: neki
Translation
He came there to the door, stood in the middle of the door, and said, "mother, father, come out, I'm hungry, I want to eat".
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Naj niknekia niyaw.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
"I want to go now."
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).