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Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985)
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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.
Pero, tay yejemet muchiwket afijar ka ne iujumiyu ne chumpipi, ne plumas te kikwaj pelu, entonces nakak pensativo muchi ne jwamilia tayika te kikwaj pelu ne ujumit ni ke ne plumaj.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: tey, ika, tika
Translation
But what they noticed was that the dog did not eat the turkey's bones and feathers. Then the whole family was left puzzled because the dog wouldn't eat the bones nor the feathers.
Yaja (ne) tay kichiwki contestar, kaj siwapil?
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: tey
Translation
Yaja (ne) tay kichiwki contestar, kaj siwapil? Tesu kitztuk, lo ke si ya kiajsik en campo libre se chumpipi.
What he answered was that he had not seen a girl. What he had found on open ground was a turkey.
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: tey
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
An trece de julio y dia de San Antonio nin ninemi nuchan tisennemit a la par wan se nuamikuj, witz wejka, yaja kineki kikaki kwentos tay tik nutechan kikchiwtuk suceder.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: tey
Translation
Today, the 13th of July and St. Anthony's day, I am here in my house together with my friend who comes from far away. He likes to hear stories about what has taken place in my town.
niyaw niktajtani tay nikwa, por ke yejemet kipiat deber nechmakat an ka nimayana.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: tey
Translation
I'm going to ask them for something to eat, because they have to give it to me now that I'm hungry.
Kunij in, ah jodido; Entonces né tesu tamal ne tay nikwajtuk, mas bien ikwi turuj nikwaj.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: tey
Translation
Then he said, "oh son-of-a-bitch". "So this was not a tortilla I have eaten, nor bread, rather it was cowshit that I ate.
Pero keman niyaw nimukwepa niyawi niyaw nikajwa ne nunan tayika yaja nechmakatuk.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, tika
Translation
But when I go back there, I'm going to chew out my mother for what she has given me.
Al fin keman yaja kineki miki ka mayana wan te kipia kishtia se espejuj tay oraj takipini.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: tey
Translation
Finally, when he wanted to die because he was hungry and because he had nothing, he got out a mirror while it was lightning.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Yajika nutatanoy nechchiwki akonsejar kaj te ma ninejnemi tayua porke tamutiat.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: tayua
Translation
Nuamikuj ikustuj na nikchiwa kontar cuentos de cosas ke chiwki suceder nin tik nutechan, an nikchij kontar una cosa ke nutatanoy nechiwki kontar Ya nechilwij ka nin tik tutechan kaj de mala suerte kimutiat, kisa se animal ke yejemet kilwiat "Tzuntekumat". Yajika nutatanoy nechchiwki akonsejar kaj te ma ninejnemi tayua porke tamutiat.
My friend likes me to tell him stories about the things that have taken place in my town. Now I'm going to tell him something that my grandfather told me. He told me that in our town unfortunately one can be frightened. There's a creature they call the "skull". So, my grandfather advised me not to walk at night because they terrify you.
Tayika te?
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, tika
Translation
Tayika te? Naja niLionaj!
"Sure, I'm Leonarda."
Wan Lionaj kichiwtuk sentir sujsul sesek, yajika muketztuk peyna bien tayua; kitatia tit pal panu isesek.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: tayua
Translation
Kwikak ne siwat ichan neyuk siwat itukay Lionaj. Wan Lionaj kichiwtuk sentir sujsul sesek, yajika muketztuk peyna bien tayua; kitatia tit pal panu isesek.
He took the woman to the house of the other woman named Leonarda and (this) Leonarda had been very cold. So she had gotten up late at night to light the fire to get over being cold.
Tay tikneki?
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: tey
Translation
Nikan ninemi, señor. Tay tikneki?
"Here I am, señor, what do you want?"
"Tayika te?
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, tika
Translation
"Tayika te? NiLionaj."
"'sure, I'm Leonarda.'"
Tayika te?
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, tika
Translation
Tayika te? Naj nin (ni)nemi, mas bien nisekmiki.
"Sure, I'm here, but I'm cold."
Pero antes de que ya musutuma, tay ora pejki kichij jwersaj pal yawi, muchiwa fijar ne takat ka ne siwat ne iijikshi tesu iijikshi ken pal jentej, sino ke iijikshi puru iijikshi tijlan.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: tey
Translation
But before she got untied, when she began to struggle to go, the man noticed that the woman's feet were not like people's feet, rather they were really chicken feet.
El Sipitillo · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Ne Sipitiyuj nikishmati nusan ka kisa tajtayua nusan wan nusan a las doce de la noche.
El Sipitillo · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: tayua
Translation
The sipitillo, I know him too; he comes out at night too, at midnight.
Varios tesu kishmatket ma ka kichij konvenir kisa, kisa con la noche, las doce de la noche, tayuwa.
El Sipitillo · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: tayua
Translation
Many haven't known that it doesn't pay to go out at night, at midnight.
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).