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Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku1,174Naja Ni Genaro105Achtu Taksalis22Timumachtikan!206El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos144The Pipil Language of El Salvador143
King, Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku (2012)
1174 occurrences
Chapter 1
Musta tiu-tiawit ashta ne tatzinu kan nemi ne kal.
Tiu-tikmewat ne kal ma nemi yek.
p. 19 · See in the dictionary: kal
Musajsaka ne sinti kan nemi ne kal.
Ashkan tiu-tiktaliat tik ne kushtal ipal tikwikat pak ne kawayu pal tikwikat ka techan ne tawial pal tami tiksajsakat.
Ashta ma tami, tikwikat yey kawayu pal tami talsajsakat.
p. 19
Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004)
105 occurrences
Kwak Naja Nichikitik
Nunan itekiw muchi pal ne kal, wan nuteku itekiw tik ne kojtan.
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: kal
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
Translation
Since they couldn’t read and write, I only spoke Nawat.
Nipejki niaw ka tamachtiluyan kwak nikpiatuya majtakti shiwit.
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
Nipejki niaw ka tamachtiluyan kwak nikpiatuya majtakti shiwit. Maya nimumachtij ume taksaya.
I started going to school at the age of ten. I only studied up to second grade.
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: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
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.
Cárcamo et al., Achtu Taksalis (2023)
22 occurrences
Tamachtilis 2. Kan muchan?
Tamachtilis 3. Nikneki kukumutzin
Tamachtilis 4: Tiawikan ka tiankis!
King, Timumachtikan! (2011)
206 occurrences
5 Tay kichiwa?
Kan nemi ne kunet?
p. 30 · See in the dictionary: kan, kua, talia
Translation (Spanish)
¿Dónde está el niño?
Ne kunet nemi tik ne kal.
p. 30 · See in the dictionary: kal
Translation (Spanish)
El niño está en la casa.
Kan nemi ne kal?
p. 30 · See in the dictionary: kal, kan, kua, talia
Translation (Spanish)
¿Dónde está la casa?
Ne kal nemi tik ini ujti.
p. 30 · See in the dictionary: kal
Translation (Spanish)
La casa está en esta calle.
Kan nemi ne ujti?
p. 30 · See in the dictionary: kan, kua, talia
Translation (Spanish)
¿Dónde está la calle?
Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960)
144 occurrences
p. 47 · Nahuizalco
Kan nemi ne kunet?
p. 47 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: kan, kua, talia
Translation (Spanish)
Dónde está el niño?
Kan tiyaw?
p. 47 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: kan, kua, talia
Translation (Spanish)
Para dónde vas?
Kan tiwitz cho (sic)?
p. 47 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: kan, kua, talia
Translation (Spanish)
De dónde vienes?
Ka techan.
p. 47 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation (Spanish)
Para el pueblo
Ka kojtan.
p. 47 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation (Spanish)
Para el monte
Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985)
143 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.
Pero kenemej tesu mawiltia ka afuera, muchijki entristeser.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
But, since he didn't play outside, he became sad.
Kilwia ne inan ma tinakan ne reynaj; kilwia ne inan: Tiut tiyawit tipashaluat nepa ka kujtan Tiut tiawit aber su timuchiwa alegrar chupi.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
His mother -- we mean the queen --, his mother said, "let's go take a walk there in the woods". "Let's go see if you won't cheer up a bit."
Nepa ka se llanura, ajsiket chan se anciano, chan se shuretzin.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
There on the plain they arrived at an old man's house, a little old man.
Ne reynaj bidaj kimati ka kichijket atender.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
The queen felt good that he attended them.
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).