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Né ajsiket ne ipal Kulalmumachtiani. Ajsiket inat ka kimatitiwit ka ne tiupan kipia tay yejemet nejnemitiwit kitemuat. Kiunij inak ne Palej:

One day some people came from the Students’ Circle. They said they had heard that the church had just what they had been looking for. The priest said:

Né ajsiket ne ipal Kulalmumachtiani. Ajsiket inat ka kimatitiwit ka ne tiupan kipia tay yejemet nejnemitiwit kitemuat. Kiunij inak ne Palej:

One day some people came from the Students’ Circle. They said they had heard that the church had just what they had been looking for. The priest said:

On Sunday I went to the church, and when I arrived he said to me:

Né nipanuk nitekiti iwan ne Kulalmumachtiani. Nemanha, tik ne shiwit 1987, nitekitik wan ASID ne nitekitik yey shiwit. Wan kwak nipejki nitekiti ka né, pejket ajsit ne ipal CONCULTURA pal nechilwiat su nikneki niaw tik se muputzuat miak tamachtianit ka kinekit mumachtiat Nawat.

I went on working for the Students’ Circle. Then, in 1987, I worked for ASID for three years. And when I started working there, the people from CONCULTURA came and invited me to a meeting of a number of professors who wanted to study Nawat.

Ne techanchanejket tesu welituyat taketzat tik Español, nan welit katka tawawasuat nan amataketzat. Yajika, kwak ajsiket ne takamet istak, yejemet tesu kimatit tay inat ne takamet wan ne siwatket.

The inhabitants couldn’t speak Spanish, and they didn’t know how to read and write. So when the white men came, they didn’t understand what the men and women were saying.

¿A qué hora llega a la escuela?

Llega a las siete.

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.

Carlita muketzki, muapakak talul wan kitalij ikwajkwach. Mutalij kiuni chiupi cafe iwan se tamal. Kwak tamik takwa, kiski mutalua. Mutaluj hasta ajsik ichan inoya.

Carlita se levantó, se lavó de prisa y se puso la ropa. Se sentó a beber un poco de café con una tortilla. Cuando había comido, salió corriendo. Corrió hasta la casa de su abuela.

Cuando llegó delante de la casa, llamó:

There on the plain they arrived at an old man's house, a little old man.

That's how far our story goes.

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.

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.

The three came to where the feathers and bones were that the dog had not eaten.