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Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku1,330Naja Ni Genaro149Achtu Taksalis45Timumachtikan!353El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos185The Pipil Language of El Salvador148
King, Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku (2012)
1330 occurrences
Chapter 1
Inte waktuk.
p. 17 · See in the dictionary: inté
Musta inte kimaka ne at.
p. 18 · See in the dictionary: inté
Inte wetzi ne at.
p. 18 · See in the dictionary: inté
Yajika, miak inte kitukat ne tunalmil.
p. 18 · See in the dictionary: inté
Ashkan yek titatukat ika tutunik ne tal: inteuk kimaka ne at, inteuk kiseseltia ne tal.
p. 18 · See in the dictionary: inté
Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004)
149 occurrences
Kwak Naja Nichikitik
Nunan itekiw muchi pal ne kal, wan nuteku itekiw tik ne kojtan.
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: tekit, teku
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.
Tesu welit katka tawawasuat nan amataketzat, yajika naja maya niwelituya nitaketza Nawat.
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
Since they couldn’t read and write, I only spoke Nawat.
Nitamachtia Nawat
Kiunij panuk miak shiwit, wan kwak nikpiatuya 47 shiwit nitekitik tik ne Kalpuli.
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.
Né ninemik ume shiwit, wan ka tesu nechtashtawat yek, nikiski wan ninakak nitekiti tik ne kojtan.
p. 6 · See in the dictionary: tekiti, inté
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.
Niktaya ne tal pal niktuka ne mil, pal tik nukal muchi nupijpilawan wan nusiwaw te kiseliat mayan.
p. 6 · See in the dictionary: inté
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.
Cárcamo et al., Achtu Taksalis (2023)
45 occurrences
Tamachtilis 2. Kan muchan?
Tamachtilis 3. Nikneki kukumutzin
Tiawikan tel!
See in the dictionary: tel
King, Timumachtikan! (2011)
353 occurrences
1 Yek tunal!
Niawa tel.
p. 19 · See in the dictionary: tel
Translation (Spanish)
Ya me voy pues.
3 Ini ne tamachtiani
Te.
p. 24 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation (Spanish)
Te. Uni se chil.
No. Eso es un chile.
4 Tay tikneki?
Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960)
185 occurrences
p. 47 · Nahuizalco
p. 48 · Nahuizalco
p. 49 · Nahuizalco
Tey kicha ne kimichin?
p. 49 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: tey
Translation (Spanish)
Qué hace la rata?
Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985)
148 occurrences
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Ashan katka se rey kipia se itelpuchtzin.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Once there was a king; he had a son.
Ken nemi iseltzin ne itelpuchtzin, rey kitasujta kitasujta.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Since he was his only one, the king loved him, he really loved him.
Pero kenemej tesu mawiltia ka afuera, muchijki entristeser.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
But, since he didn't play outside, he became sad.
Ne reynaj bidaj kimati ka kichijket atender.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The queen felt good that he attended them.
Pwes kilwia ne shuretzin: Ne mutelpuchtzin kukuya kukuya.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"Well", the old man said, "your little son is sick, he's sick".
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).