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Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku50Naja Ni Genaro24Achtu Taksalis18Timumachtikan!89El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos7The Pipil Language of El Salvador24

King, Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku (2012)

50 occurrences

Chapter 3

  • Ashkan tayua niaw nitajpia.

    p. 25 · See in the dictionary: tayua

  • Niajki senpa ka tayua.

    p. 25 · See in the dictionary: tayua

  • Ka tayua nikasik takwa nemi se pesoti.

    p. 25 · See in the dictionary: tayua

Chapter 4

  • Ne itekuyu ne kamujtal yajki se wipta ka tayua kinpajpashua.

    p. 26 · See in the dictionary: tayua

Chapter 6

  • Nemik se takat munamiktijtuk kipiatuya ne isiwaw, wan inte kimati katka ka kisa ka tayua.

    p. 29 · See in the dictionary: tayua

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Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004)

24 occurrences

Kwak Naja Nichikitik

  • Iwan ipatiw chupi naka pal nikua tay nimuneki, wan chupi pal nimukwepa nikua senpa kumal.

    p. 4 · See in the dictionary: tey

    Translation

    Yajika kwak naja nichikitik maya niksajsajsaka kumal pal niknamaka. Iwan ipatiw chupi naka pal nikua tay nimuneki, wan chupi pal nimukwepa nikua senpa kumal.

    So when I was a boy I just carried kumals to sell (in the market). What I earned was hardly enough to pay for what I needed and to buy more kumals.

Nitamachtia Nawat

  • Niktaya ne tal pal niktuka ne mil, pal tik nukal muchi nupijpilawan wan nusiwaw te kiseliat mayan.

    p. 6

    Translation

    Niktaya ne tal pal niktuka ne mil, pal tik nukal muchi nupijpilawan wan nusiwaw te kiseliat mayan. Kiunij panuk sujsul shijshiwit.

    I worked the land and grew corn so that my children and wife wouldn’t go hungry. So the years went by.

  • Ajsiket inat ka kimatitiwit ka ne tiupan kipia tay yejemet nejnemitiwit kitemuat.

    p. 6 · See in the dictionary: tey

    Translation

    Né ajsiket ne ipal Kulalmumachtiani. Ajsiket inat ka kimatitiwit ka ne tiupan kipia tay yejemet nejnemitiwit kitemuat. Kiunij inak ne Palej:

    One day some people came from the Students’ Circle. They said they had heard that the church had just what they had been looking for. The priest said:

Nitakwika Ipal Ne Tiut

  • —Tay tina?

    p. 10 · See in the dictionary: tey

    Translation

    —Tay tina? Tiweli tiaw ne domingo ka ne tiupan San Antonio?

    “What do you say? Can you come to San Antonio Church on Sunday?”

Kiunij Nemi Katka Ne Tutechan

  • Yajika, kwak ajsiket ne takamet istak, yejemet tesu kimatit tay inat ne takamet wan ne siwatket.

    p. 16 · See in the dictionary: tey

    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.

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Cárcamo et al., Achtu Taksalis (2023)

18 occurrences

Tamachtilis 3. Nikneki kukumutzin

  • Tay tikneki tikwa?

    See in the dictionary: tey

Tamachtilis 5: Keski ipatiw?

  • Tay tikneki tikuni?

    See in the dictionary: tey

Tamachtilis 7. Nimetzinhishmati

  • Yek tayua, ken annemit?

    See in the dictionary: tayua

Tamachtilis 8. Itekitilis.

  • Tay mutekiw?

    See in the dictionary: tey

  • Wan taja, tay mutekiw?

    See in the dictionary: tey

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King, Timumachtikan! (2011)

89 occurrences

3 Ini ne tamachtiani

  • Tay ini?

    p. 24 · See in the dictionary: tey

    Translation (Spanish)

    ¿Qué es esto?

4 Tay tikneki?

  • Tay tikneki?

    p. 27 · See in the dictionary: tey

    Translation (Spanish)

    ¿Qué quiere (usted)?

  • Tay tikneki?

    p. 28 · See in the dictionary: tey

    Translation (Spanish)

    ¿Qué quieres?

5 Tay kichiwa?

  • Tay kichiwa ne siwat?

    p. 31 · See in the dictionary: tey

    Translation (Spanish)

    ¿Qué hace la mujer?

  • Tay kichiwa ne kunet?

    p. 31 · See in the dictionary: tey

    Translation (Spanish)

    ¿Qué hace el niño?

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Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960)

7 occurrences

p. 59 · Nahuizalco

  • Nemi miak clases papalumet, seki kisat patanit wan tunal, iwan seki tayua; iwan keman kitatukat, yajki wan inte weli muitzkiat, ka majmawi pal mikit ken tejemet.

    p. 59 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: tayua

    Translation (Spanish)

    Hay muchas clases de mariposas, unas que salen a volar de día y otras por la noche; pero cuando las persiguen, huyen y no se dejan coger, porque temen morir como nosotros.

p. 60 · Nahuizalco

  • Pal ne pupuyutmet ne tunal kunyua kenha tayua.

    p. 60 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: tayua

p. 65 · Nahuizalco

  • Kwak nikan tayua, ijki ne tunal nemi tan tal.

    p. 65 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: tayua

    Translation (Spanish)

    Cuando aquí es de noche, es porque está bajo tierra.

  • Yeka, tel, mustayuk.

    p. 65 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: musta

p. 66 · Nahuizalco

  • Ka welis mutalua ken taja, pal tiweli tikita muchi tayua iwan tunal, kalan Tunal!

    p. 66 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: tayua

    Translation (Spanish)

    Quién pudiera correr como tú, para poder ver todo de la noche al día, hermoso Sol!

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Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985)

24 occurrences

El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976

  • Ka tajtayua kuchi nemi.

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: tayua

    Translation

    In the nights he is sleeping.

  • Kada tayua kisa pashalua sel itzuntekun.

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: tayua

    Translation

    "Each night she goes out to walk abround, but only her head."

  • Kabal tapanik ka tajku tayua, ma tikinakan ne "medianoche", tikaki tajku tayua.

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: tayua

    Translation

    Then it split open in the middle of the night, let's say at midnight; you hear it at midnight.

Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975

  • Na nikelnamiki tay nechilwij nunoyaj wan nu tatanoy.

    Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: tey

    Translation

    I remember what my grandmother and my grandfather told me.

  • 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 · See in the dictionary: tey

    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.

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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).