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Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku154Naja Ni Genaro22Achtu Taksalis5Timumachtikan!47El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos19The Pipil Language of El Salvador30
King, Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku (2012)
154 occurrences
Chapter 6
Tikitas ka ijkia ka kisa, ka kitalia se kwawit tankupa ne mutaken pal tikmati ka ne nemi munawak.”
p. 29
Kwakuni yajket ka kujtan.
p. 30 · See in the dictionary: kojtan
Asiket tan se kwawit chiltik tzaput, wan kiasiket se tzaput wetztuk, wan kipejpenki wan kitajkuk, kishtik, ne se tajku kimakak ne itzuntekun, ne seuk tajku kikwak yaja.
p. 30 · See in the dictionary: tajtani, tajtanilia
Kwakuni nechilik ma nikisa tik techan niktajtani kwejkwechpalachichin.
p. 32 · See in the dictionary: tajtani
Wan kan pejket takwat, yajket kiyawaluat ne kujtan.
p. 32 · See in the dictionary: kojtan
Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004)
22 occurrences
Kwak Naja Nichikitik
Nunan itekiw muchi pal ne kal, wan nuteku itekiw tik ne kojtan.
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: kojtan
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.
Ne ume ipal Kushkatan.
p. 4
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.
Nitamachtia Nawat
Né ninemik ume shiwit, wan ka tesu nechtashtawat yek, nikiski wan ninakak nitekiti tik ne kojtan.
p. 6 · See in the dictionary: kojtan
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.
Senpa nipejki niajsi ka ne tiupan San Antonio ne nitamachtia Nawataketza, tik ne kojtantechan San Ramón.
p. 6
Translation
Senpa nipejki niajsi ka ne tiupan San Antonio ne nitamachtia Nawataketza, tik ne kojtantechan San Ramón. Ne palej kimakaket chupi tumin pal kinmaka ne tajtakamet pal kikuat abono ipal ne mil, wan né kishtij chupi pal nechtashtawa pal nitamachtia Nawat tik ne kojtantechan.
Then I started going to San Antonio church, in San Ramón, where I taught Nawat language. The priest received money to distribute to the men to buy fertilizer for their fields, and from that he set aside a small amount to pay me for teaching Nawat there.
Ne palej kimakaket chupi tumin pal kinmaka ne tajtakamet pal kikuat abono ipal ne mil, wan né kishtij chupi pal nechtashtawa pal nitamachtia Nawat tik ne kojtantechan.
p. 6
Translation
Senpa nipejki niajsi ka ne tiupan San Antonio ne nitamachtia Nawataketza, tik ne kojtantechan San Ramón. Ne palej kimakaket chupi tumin pal kinmaka ne tajtakamet pal kikuat abono ipal ne mil, wan né kishtij chupi pal nechtashtawa pal nitamachtia Nawat tik ne kojtantechan.
Then I started going to San Antonio church, in San Ramón, where I taught Nawat language. The priest received money to distribute to the men to buy fertilizer for their fields, and from that he set aside a small amount to pay me for teaching Nawat there.
Cárcamo et al., Achtu Taksalis (2023)
5 occurrences
Tamachtilis 3. Nikneki kukumutzin
Nikneki nimetztajtanilia se.
See in the dictionary: tajtanilia
Tamachtilis 7. Nimetzinhishmati
Uni lamachin siwat, yaja nunoya Juana, wan ini chulét takat, yaja nutatanoy Pedro.
See in the dictionary: tatanoy
Tamachtilis 8. Itekitilis.
Naja ni tamachtiani tik ne wey tamachtiluyan tik Kuskatan.
See in the dictionary: Kuskatan
Yaja tanamakani tik ne tiankis tik Sentzunhat.
See in the dictionary: tanamakani
Tamachtilis 12. Tinechmaka
Nin niwitz ika nikneki nimetztajtanilia se.
See in the dictionary: tajtanilia
King, Timumachtikan! (2011)
47 occurrences
12 Ken ne mupelu?
Tay nemi tik ne kojtan?
p. 51 · See in the dictionary: kojtan
Translation (Spanish)
¿Qué hay en el monte?
Tik ne kojtan nemit kwajkwawit.
p. 51 · See in the dictionary: kojtan
Translation (Spanish)
En el monte hay árboles.
Mugustoj ne kojtan?
p. 51 · See in the dictionary: kojtan
Translation (Spanish)
¿Te gusta el monte?
18 Kan minaya?
Yaja mawiltia iwan ne tumistun itan ne mesaj!
p. 66
Translation (Spanish)
Nikmati kan nemi. Shikita! Yaja mawiltia iwan ne tumistun itan ne mesaj!
Ahora sé dónde está. ¡Mira! ¡Juega con nuestro gato debajo de la mesa!
20 Shu shikua se amatzin!
Shu shitajtani tik ne tiendaj.
p. 70 · See in the dictionary: tajtani
Translation (Spanish)
Inte nikmati. Shu shitajtani tik ne tiendaj.
No sé. Ve a preguntar en la tienda.
Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960)
19 occurrences
p. 47 · Nahuizalco
Ka kojtan.
p. 47 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: kojtan
Translation (Spanish)
Para el monte
p. 49 · Nahuizalco
Keshki papalumet tikitak patanit?
p. 49 · Nahuizalco
Translation (Spanish)
Cuántas mariposillas vió Ud. volar?
p. 51 · Nahuizalco
Se kunet inte weli patani, tiajwa wan tawawana.
p. 51 · Nahuizalco
Translation (Spanish)
Un niño no puede volar, latir ni escarbar.
p. 57 · Nahuizalco
Ken kalanchichin nemi ne kojtan, iwan ne kwajkwawyu taken shushuik iswayu (iswayuk), iwan pujpuputuka ka ishuchiu iwan miak pujpusha!
p. 57 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: kojtan
Translation (Spanish)
Qué bonito está el campo con sus árboles vestidos de verdes hojas y olorosas flores de varios colores!
Ma' shitajtani iwan shitama' ka metztajtani.
p. 57 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: tajtani
Translation (Spanish)
No pidas y da cuando te pidan.
Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985)
30 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: kojtan
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."
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
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.
Yajki kitajtani seyuk konsejoj.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: tajtani
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.
Pero al fin de tanto kutemuk.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
But finally she got down.
Kabal ne panuk tan ne tzaput; mutamuta ne tzuntekumat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: tajtani, tajtanilia
Translation
It went by right there under the zapote tree; the head threw itself.
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).