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Kunij walajtuya se nawataketza ipal Meshikal pal tamachtia ne Nawataketzalis, wan kenhayuk kinetuya kaj kipalewia iwan muchi ne tajtamachtiani. Né ninemik kashtuli tunal iwanmet. Né nechishmatijket ka naja niweli nitaketza Nawat, wan kwak nemik ukseseyuk senputzuat teya nechajkawket ma te niu.

Then a Nahuatl speaker from Mexico came to teach the language, and once more he wanted somebody to help him with the teachers. I was there with them for two weeks. There I was recognised for my knowledge of Nawat, and afterwards I got invited to all the meetings.

Ijkiuni nipanuk hasta ne teutak. Kwakuni ajsik ka nuchan se nukunpa. Yaja walaj pal kita su ninemi yek, ika kimatki ka te niajsik nitekiti.

Así pasé hasta la tarde. Entonces llegó a mi casa un amigo [o una amiga]. Él vino para ver si estaba bien, porque supo que no llegué a trabajar.

— ¿Por qué no viniste ayer?

— Porque fui a Sonsonate, por eso no vine.

— Yaja nemi tik Canada. Semaya walaj pal panu sejse tunal wan mukwepa ka ne.

— Él vive en Canadá. Sólo vino a pasar unos días y regresa para allá.

— ¿Cuándo vino?

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.

His mother brought four more big buns. He put them in his bag and left.