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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".
Tesu welitiwit tesu welitiwit.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
Muchi ne doctores panutiwit aber asu kipajtiat. Tesu welitiwit tesu welitiwit.
"All the doctors have come to see if they could cure him; they haven't been able to, they haven't been able."
Jaika (Yajika) ja (ka) tesu pajti.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
"So, he doesn't get better."
Pwes kilwia ne shuretzin: Ne mutelpuchtzin kichiwa falta seyuk kosaj.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Then the old man said, "your son needs something.
Shitejchia, kilwia, te shiyu, shitejchia.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
"Wait", he said, "don't go", "wait!".
Kilwia ne itejtelpuchtzin: Ini yu anmuamigituj.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
He said to his sons, "this is going to be your friend".
Yu yawi anmuwan pal muchiwa dibertir, yu yawi anmuwan, tesu ja pal ankisumat.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
Yut anyawit. Yu yawi anmuwan pal muchiwa dibertir, yu yawi anmuwan, tesu ja pal ankisumat.
"You'll go and he'll go with you; he'll go with you to have a good time." "He's not here for you to hit him."
Nepa yajket tejten ne laguj.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ten
Translation
They went there to the shores of the lake.
Ka nepa, ka nepa kitemuat se inmichintzin wan ne seyuk ne itapajsul ne wijwilutzin.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
There, over there they looked for some fish and the other one for a bird's nest.
Tejemet tiawita, kilwia ne shuretzin: Shakan, pero te shikelkawa, cualquier rato shiwala wan ne mutelpuchtzin; ka nikan nemit ne iamigitus pal mawiltia.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté, tejemet
Translation
"We're going now", said the old man; "you go too, but don't forget, come anytime with your son; here are his friends to play with".
Ini ja ne kichiwa falta ne mutelpuchtzin.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"That's what your son needed."
Pwes kenemej, iteku se rey; mikikse rey.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: teku
Translation
Then, since his father was a king, the king died.
Ikuka kielnamik ne iamigitus kilwia; Naj, kilwia, na nikelnamiki ne nuamigitus ka tiyajket tipashaluat ka nepa ka orillas ka itejtenpan ne lagoj.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Then he remembered his friends; he said, "I", he said, "I remember my friends, how we went to walk there on the shores of the lake".

El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976

Tesu kimati katka ka ne isiwaw se brujaj.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
He didn't know that his wife was a witch.
Naka ne ikwerpoj, se maya ne itzuntekun.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: tzuntekun
Translation
Her body remains and only her head goes.
Witz ka madrugada ne itzuntekun.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: tzuntekun
Translation
Witz ka madrugada ne itzuntekun. Teya su welik musalua.
The head came in the morning; she was no longer able to attach herself.
Teya su welik musalua.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté, teya, teya²
Translation
Witz ka madrugada ne itzuntekun. Teya su welik musalua.
The head came in the morning; she was no longer able to attach herself.
Kichijki luchar peroj tesu welik, pejki chuka, pejki chuka.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
She strove to do it, but she couldn't; she began to cry, she began to cry.
Kinutza ne ishulejyu; ya tesu kichiwa kasoj, ken ne kuchikia, wan tesu kuchi.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
She spoke to her husband; he didn't pay attention to her, as though he was sleeping, but he wasn't asleep.
Uk kinutzki, mutamutak ne tzuntekumat, musaluj pak ikechkuyu.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
When he spoke to her the skull throw itself and stuck onto his neck.
Teya su weli; yawia miki.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté, teya, teya²
Translation
He could no longer make it; he was going to die.
Sepa ne tzuntekumat tesu kineki naka ten tiupan, tesu kineki.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ten, inté
Translation
The head did not want to stay outside in front of the church, she didn't want to.
Tesu kineki kutemu, asi es, tesu kineki kutemu.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
She didn't want to get down; that's how it was, she did not want to get off.
Pero al fin de tanto kutemuk.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
But finally she got down.
Naja tesu nikmati, peroj nechilwijket ka nusiwaw brujaj, ma niktalij kwidado.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
"I don't know, but they told me my wife is a witch, that I should be careful."
Kada tayua kisa pashalua sel itzuntekun.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: tzuntekun
Translation
"Each night she goes out to walk abround, but only her head."
Teroj ne kayej ne pejpelumet wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-wa, kuyuchukat, kuyuchukat ne pelumet.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"All along the stree the dogs howl 'wawawawawawawawawawa', the dogs howl."
Pero kenemej nikmakak chil, teya su welik.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté, teya, teya²
Translation
"But since I put chili on her, she no longer could."
Kabal ne panuk tan ne tzaput; mutamuta ne tzuntekumat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
It went by right there under the zapote tree; the head threw itself.
Ikuka mukupin ne tzuntekun, Ne nakak.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: tzuntekun
Translation
Then the skull let go; it stayed there.
Pejket temut ne kujkusmamet.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The vultures started descending.
Te shikwakan nushulejyu, te shikwakan nushulejyu!, asi le dice.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
"Don't eat my husband, don't eat my husband!", that's what she said to them.
Al fin de tanto, wakik ne masat, wan yaja, ne tzuntekumat, yawia miki ka iseltzin tik ne kebrada.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Finally the deer dried up and she, the skull, was going to die all alone there in the canyon.
Kan ne miktuk, waltakatki se tekumat, waltakatki se tekumat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Mikik. Kan ne miktuk, waltakatki se tekumat, waltakatki se tekumat.
She died; where she had died a groud tree sprouted.
Yawi ne Tantepuslamat, ja yaja inan, ne brujaj Tantepuslamat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The witch (the "iron-toothed-old-woman") came. It's she who is her mother, the witch "iron-toothed-old-woman".
Kimatki ne Tantepuslamat, witz pal yawi kita.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The iron-toothed-old-woman sensed it; she came to go see it.
Kitek, kitek, wan kiwikak ka ichan.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
She cut it off, she cut it and took it home.
Sel pipiltzitzin ne iishyu ne tekumat; sel pipiltzitzin.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Yajki kita ne lamajtzin. Sel pipiltzitzin ne iishyu ne tekumat; sel pipiltzitzin.
The old woman went to see; the seeds of the gourd were just little boys, they were just little boys.
Shitejchiakan uk, nu nikchiwa.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"Wait a bit; I'm going to do it."
Ne puchut waltemu witz, waltemu witz ne puchut y tajtasa ne majmajtzal tik tal.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The silk-cotton tree came donw, down came the silk-cotton tree and its brances touched the ground.
Kinekit temut, ma kaltemulti.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Wan tami kalnutzket ne inlama. Kinekit temut, ma kaltemulti.
Later they called their grandmother; they want to get down, get them down.
Pwes yajki ne lamajtzin; kaltemultia.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Pwes yajki ne lamajtzin; kaltemultia. Tajtakamet!
Well, the old woman went. She got them down; they were already men.
Ne iishwiuwan teya su kinmaka ne takwal, se maya ne ienamorado sentakwat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté, teya, teya²
Translation
She no longer gave the food to her grandchildren; she only ate together with her lover.
Kinilwia ne iermanujwan: Nulama mitzinchiwa nemi joder; Tesu antakwat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
He told his brothers, "my grandmother is screwing you; you're not eating".
Kabal mitzinmajmawaltia ne anmutejtenshipal pal muchiwat saboriar.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"She just smears grease on your lips so they will taste."
Nanita, tenemos hambre!
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Ay nanita! Kilwiat. Nanita, tenemos hambre! Kilwiat.
"Oh gramma", they said, "gramma, we're hungry" they tell her.
Sanka kinilwia, tesu takwajtiwit.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
She lied; they had not eaten.
Te, porke yu kikukuawitzti, yu kikukuawitzti!
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
Te, porke yu kikukuawitzti, yu kikukuawitzti! Kinilwia.
"No, because he is going to get stuck with the thorns, he's going to get pricked", she tells them.
Uk yu witz ne tukujkul wan yu kimati ne. parran! pa! yu temu.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"Now our 'bogeyman' is going to come there and he's going to feel the "parran", "pa", he's going to fall."
Tesu ja masat, ne inakayu tukujkul, ne idamuj ne inlama.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
That was not a deer; it was the meat of their 'bogeyman', of their grandmother's fellow.
Tesu, tesu ja masat, sino ne idamuj ne inlama, ja yaja kimiktijket, wan kiwikaket ne nakat pal kikwa ne inlama.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
No, that was not deer, but rather their grandmother's fellow. It was him that they killed, and they took the meat so that their grandmother would eat it.
Kinilwia tik kastiaj: Levantense mis nietos, ya esta la comida."
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
She said to them in Spanish, "get up my grandchildren, the food is ready".
Pejki ne Tantepuslamat kikwa ne nakat, wan tami kilwijket: Ken tikmatki ne nakat, lama?
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The iron-toothed-old-woman began to eat the meat. Afterwards they said, "how did you find the meat, grandmother?".
Bidaj, nutejtelpuchtzin, bidaj nutejtelpuchtzin.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Bidaj, nutejtelpuchtzin, bidaj nutejtelpuchtzin. Yamanik.
"Delicious my sons, delicious my sons, soft."
Kineki misuta, tesu welik.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
She felt like throwing up, but she couldn't.
Nepa ten kebrada kitantia ne itan pal kikwa ne piltzitzin.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ten
Translation
Yajki kitantia ne itan. Nepa ten kebrada kitantia ne itan pal kikwa ne piltzitzin.
She went to sharpen her teeth, there by the edge of the canyon she sharpened her teeth so she could eat the little boy.
Kilwia ne kutalajtzin ne seyuk, tik kastiaj kilwia: Mira tenguerechol, kilwia.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Kilwia ne kutalajtzin ne seyuk, tik kastiaj kilwia: Mira tenguerechol, kilwia. Anda, ve que hace mi nanita, kilwia tik kastiaj.
The other said to the lizard, "look lizard", in Spanish he said, "go see what my gramma is doing", he said in Spanish.
Es el tenguereche.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Voy a ir. Es el tenguereche. Yajki ne tengerechej.
"I'll go", it was the lizard; the lizard went.
Yajki ne tengerechej.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Voy a ir. Es el tenguereche. Yajki ne tengerechej.
"I'll go", it was the lizard; the lizard went.
Mukwepki ne tengerechol.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The lizard returned.
Nikan nakak ne tejitaj.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Nikan nakak ne tejitaj. Kiajsi se pedasoj tejaj. Kitzuntapan.
"The piece of tile stuck here (pointing to the back of the neck); she found a piece of tile and she busted my head."
Kiajsi se pedasoj tejaj.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Nikan nakak ne tejitaj. Kiajsi se pedasoj tejaj. Kitzuntapan.
"The piece of tile stuck here (pointing to the back of the neck); she found a piece of tile and she busted my head."
Ka panu ne iashish tzumpan kal, tesu tikmiktisnekit.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
Kilwijket: Shikida lama, tiut tiyawit se apwesta. Ka panu ne iashish tzumpan kal, tesu tikmiktisnekit.
They said, "look grandmother, we're going to make a bet; whoever passes his/her piss on top of the house we don't want to kill".
Ka te panu ne iashish nepa, tiut tikmiktiat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
"Whoever does not get his/her piss there we are going to kill."
Ne tamik ne Tantepuslama.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
There the iron-toothed-old-woman met her end.

Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975

En aquel tiempo witzet urakaneros tik se techan de nombre Chiltiupan.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: techan
Translation
In those days there came "hurricaners" from a town called Chilteopan.
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: techan
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.
Kunij yaja kichiwki se trampaj, tik ne trampaj welik kikutamima se siwapil como de diesiocho años, peroj ne siwapil al mumentuj ke wetzki talchi inmediatamente mukwepki se chumpipi.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
So he made a trap. In the trap he was able to catch a girl of about eighteen. But at the moment she fell to the ground, immediately the girl changed into a turkey.
Kunij ne takat ke kikutamin kitzki ne chumpipi kwika ka ichan, inmediatamente kichiwki ordinar iswaw ma kimikti ne chumpipi pal kikwat, entonces ne isiwaw kimiktij ne chumpipi, kichiwki desplumar wan kichiwki ne komidaj, wan kikwajket.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
Then the man who caught and grabbed the turkey took it to his house. Immediately he ordered his wife to kill the turkey so they could eat it. So his wife killed the turkey, plucked it, and made the food, and they ate it.
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: inté
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.
A los tres dias ka panutuk ne urakan wan kikwajtiwit ne chumpipi. walajket ume takamet wan se siwat kitemuat, kunij ajsiket ichan ne takat kaj kikutaminki por que yejemet poco mas o menos kimatiata katka kaj kikutamin.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
On the third day after the storm had passed and they had eaten the turkey, there came two men and a woman to look for it. They arrived at the house of the man who had caught it because they more or less already knew who had caught it.
Pero yejemet te inaket la verdad sino ajsiket ankilwijket si por casualidad kitztuk se siwapil panuk ka ne cerca ikal ne diaj panuk ne urakanasoj.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
But the did not tell the truth, but rather arrived asking if by chance he had seen a girl pass near his house the day of the big storm.
Yaja (ne) tay kichiwki contestar, kaj siwapil?
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
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.
Tesu kitztuk, lo ke si ya kiajsik en campo libre se chumpipi.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: inté
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.
Los tres ajsiket kan nemi ne plumas wan ne wejwesuj ka te kikwajtuk pelu.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
The three came to where the feathers and bones were that the dog had not eaten.
Kunij yemet (yejemet) kianket ne wesuj kichiwket se puniuj wan kitajtanket se bateya wan se buen puniuj at wan se carreton ileraj kiminket ka ikajku.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
Then they picked up the bones, made a pile, and asked for a trough and a lot of water and a spool of thread, and they throw it into the air.
Kienej (kiane) kwikaket ne siwapil por ke ne takat en el momento ke kitak ne kichiwket la prueba kitak perfectamente ka se siwapil hermosa kiski tik ne wesuj wan ne plumaj.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
Actually, they took the girl because at the moment the man saw that they tried this, he saw perfectly (well) that a beautiful girl came out of the bones and feathers.
Kienej nechiwtuk kontar nutatanoy wan nunoyaj, wan esta fecha siempre panu urakan pero tejemet teya keman tikitaket su walkuwetzi se, yajiika an nikchiwa kontar nuamikuj pal kwika como recuerdo ini kwentuj. <arco>
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: tejemet, inté, teya, teya²
Translation
That's what my grandfather and grandmother told me, and big storms always come, but we never saw if one came to fall. So, today I am telling this to my friend so he can take this story with him as a remembrance.

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: techan
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.
An niyaw nikchij kontar ka nin nemi se chulet ke yaja propio yaja nechilwijtuk ka inan ne iteku né tik arkuj nemit.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: teku
Translation
Today I'm going to tell him that there is an old man here who himself has told me that his mother and his father are there in the arch. (There is a natural rock-arch very near Santo Domingo de Guzmán.)
Yajika keman yaja mayana , ina isel, "por el ultimo nikmai kan nemi nuteku, kan nemi nunan."
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: teku
Translation
So when he was hungry, he said to himself, "finally I know where my father is, where my mother is".
Ajsik né tik ne pwertaj, muketza a media pwertaj, kilwia: nunan, nuteku shalkisa, naj nimayana, nikneki nitakwa.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: teku
Translation
He came there to the door, stood in the middle of the door, and said, "mother, father, come out, I'm hungry, I want to eat".
Kunij shikwa sikiera pan por ke tamal te kanaj.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
Kunij shikwa sikiera pan por ke tamal te kanaj. Shikwa pan pal panu mumayana.
"Then at least eat some bread, because there are no tortillas; eat bread so your hunger will go away."
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: inté
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.
Desde luego ka nin tik numataw ojonbron plastas pal toroj witz, yaja nikwaj tesu pan.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
Therefore, here in my bag are big cowpies; that's what I ate, not bread.
Yejemet ka kipiat tumin, yajika ne yajket kimakat fin tik Arkuj, wan naj te nechajkawilijket tumin, maya pobresaj.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
They are the ones who have money. That's why they went there to end up in the arch. And they didn't leave me money, just poverty.
Naj su te nitekiti, te nitakwa.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: tekiti, inté
Translation
As for me, if I don't work, I don't eat.
Yajika kwak niyaw nimukwewpa niyawi ka Arkuj, niyaw niknutza nuteku pal nikajwa.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: teku
Translation
Therefore when I go back to the arch, I'm going to speak to my father to chew him out."
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: inté
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.
Tatawilua wan ne espejuj, pero né tesu yaja idestino te keman kimiktij.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
He shined with his mirror, but that was not to be his fate; he never killed him.

La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975

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".
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: techan
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.
Yajika nutatanoy nechchiwki akonsejar kaj te ma ninejnemi tayua porke tamutiat.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: inté
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.
Tesu tiLionaj.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
Se me afigura, kilwij yaja. Tesu tiLionaj.
"It seems to me", he said, "you are not Leonarda".
Tayika te?
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
Tayika te? Naja niLionaj!
"Sure, I'm Leonarda."
Kunij ne takat tesu tan miedoso.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
Then the man was not so afraid.
"Taja tesu tiLionaj," nikilwij.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
"'You're not Leonarda', I told her."

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