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Yejemet tesu kimatit, ken an tejemet tikmatit, ka nemi se Tiut ka te tikishmatit. Yejemet kishmatit katka tay kitat, ken ne tunal, ne at, ne tal, ne tawial, ne kwajkwawit, ne kojtan: ipal itakwal, ipal ne tapewil, wan ne kwajkwawit pal kisaluat itakil pal tikwat pal te tikseliat mayan.

They didn’t realise, as we now know, that there is a God whom we didn’t know. They recognised the things they could see, such as the sun, the rain, the land, maize, trees, and nature, which provided their food, game, and fruit-bearing trees for food so as not to endure hunger.

Muchi tikmatit ka se tutut patani. Pero ken kichiwa pal weya, tesu akaj kimati. U su kimatit ka nesi ipal se teksisti, kaj kitakwaltia? Tay mumati, ka inan kitakwaltia.

Everybody knows that a bird flies. But nobody knows how it grows up. Or if they know that it comes from an egg, who feeds it? What is known is that its mother feeds it.

¿Sabes cuántos?

¿Y sabes cuánto cuesta?

— ¿Sabes a dónde va a ir?

— Shikana yek, maka shikajkawa ma aka metzishtili ne mutumin. Tikmati tay muneki?

— Guardalo bien, no dejés que nadie te quite tu dinero. ¿Sabés lo que necesitás?

Sabes dónde está el sombrero?

Sabe Ud. quién tiene dos brazos y diez dedos?