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Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku4Naja Ni Genaro5

King, Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku (2012)

4 occurrences

Chapter 27

  • Ne kilijket asu kipia tumin ma tashtawa ne kulal kan nemi ne tepet.

    p. 83 · See in the dictionary: tashtawia

  • Yejemet inaket ka yawit tashtawat pal kishtiat.

    p. 83

Chapter 46

  • Nusan nikan tiaw titashtawa muchi tey tikchiwki nuwan.

    p. 133 · See in the dictionary: tashtawia

  • Nikan muchi mutashtawa.”

    p. 133 · See in the dictionary: tashtawia

Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004)

5 occurrences

Nitamachtia Nawat

  • Né ninemik ume shiwit, wan ka tesu nechtashtawat yek, nikiski wan ninakak nitekiti tik ne kojtan.

    p. 6

    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.

  • 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.

Nikpalewia Ne Nawataketzalis

  • Yejemet tesu nechtashtawat, ka inat ka yejemet tesu kipiat tumin pal nechtashtawat.

    p. 8

    Translation

    Kwak niweli, nikpalewia Alan wan Cecy. Nusan Carlos, melka yaja techanchanej, pero uksan mumachtia Nawataketza. Yejemet tesu nechtashtawat, ka inat ka yejemet tesu kipiat tumin pal nechtashtawat.

    When I am able I help Alan and Cecy. Carlos too, although he is a local, but he is still studying Nawat. They don’t pay me, because they say that they don’t have money to pay me with.

Ken Nipejki Nitekiti Tik Ne Nawataketzalis

  • Tiawit timetztashtawat pal metzti ume tzunti tumin.

    p. 12

    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?”

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).