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Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku170Naja Ni Genaro16Achtu Taksalis8Timumachtikan!33El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos33The Pipil Language of El Salvador24
King, Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku (2012)
170 occurrences
Chapter 2
Nemi ume kuku, ken ne shushukna ush pushawa, iwan ne tepitin.
p. 20 · See in the dictionary: ken
Nemi miak kwajkwawit kichat intakil, ken ne chiltik tzaput, muyutzaput, sinkuya, patach, chulu istak, chulumui, chilimuyu, ichkashukut, durasnu, lala, lima, tzuntzaput...
p. 21 · See in the dictionary: ken
Ne chiltekpin kenhaya kukuk.
p. 23
Chapter 4
“Niu-nikita ken nikinhishtia uni ka yawit nechichtekiliat tey nitatukatuk.”
p. 26 · See in the dictionary: ken
Chapter 5
Musta ka peyna tiawit talmukwepat nikan tikitat ken titatwituk.”
p. 28 · See in the dictionary: ken
Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004)
16 occurrences
Ken Nipejki Nitekiti Tik Ne Nawataketzalis
Ken Nipejki Nitekiti Tik Ne Nawataketzalis
p. 12 · See in the dictionary: ken
Translation
How I Started Working On Nawat
Ken tina?
p. 12 · See in the dictionary: ken
Translation
—Ka naja niknekiskia ma shiwi timusenpua nikan iwan tumajmanujwan wan shikinmachti taketzat Nawat. Tiawit timetztashtawat pal metzti ume tzunti tumin. Ken tina? Nemi yek?
“Because I’d like you to come and join our brethren here and teach them to speak Nawat. We’ll pay you 200 colones a month. Well, what do you say?”
Ken Nikwikatuk Ne Nawataketzalis Ka Miak Tal
Ken Nikwikatuk Ne Nawataketzalis Ka Miak Tal
p. 14 · See in the dictionary: ken
Translation
How I Have Carried Nawat To Many Countries
Kunij walajtuya se nawataketza ipal Meshikal pal tamachtia ne Nawataketzalis, wan kenhayuk kinetuya kaj kipalewia iwan muchi ne tajtamachtiani.
p. 14
Translation
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.
Tik ne kenka shiwit niajki ka Honduras; tik ne shiwit 1993 niajki ka Meshikal (ninemik tik ne Estado Campeche); tik ne shiwit 1994 niajki ka Kojtemalan (nikwikak kukunet mijtutianit ipal ne Tenpitzak); tik ne shiwit chiknawi makwil niajki senpa ka Meshikal (ninemik tik ne Provinsiaj Tlashkala, ne timunamijket iwan tawawatianit tik taketzalis Metzali); wan tik ne shiwit 2000 niajki ka Paraway.
p. 14 · See in the dictionary: kinka
Translation
That year I went to Honduras; in 1993 I went to Mexico (I was in the state of Campeche); in 1994 I went to Guatemala (I accompanied a junior Tempisque dance group); in 1995 I went to Mexico again (I was in the province of Tlashkala, where we met native-language-speaking craftsmen); and in 2000 I went to Paraguay.
Cárcamo et al., Achtu Taksalis (2023)
8 occurrences
Tamachtilis 1: Ken tinemi?
Tamachtilis 6. Numiyekawan
King, Timumachtikan! (2011)
33 occurrences
1 Yek tunal!
Ken tinemi?
p. 19 · See in the dictionary: ken
Translation (Spanish)
Yek tunal. Ken tinemi?
Buenos días. ¿Cómo estás?
2 Ken mutukay?
Ken mutukay?
p. 21 · See in the dictionary: ken
Translation (Spanish)
¿Cómo te llamas?
9 Tay tikchiwa?
Ken tinemi?
p. 41 · See in the dictionary: ken
Translation (Spanish)
¿Cómo está?
12 Ken ne mupelu?
Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960)
33 occurrences
p. 51 · Nahuizalco
Ken inte weli kicha se kunet?
p. 51 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: ken
Translation (Spanish)
Qué no puede hacer un niño?
Ken nemi ne kunet?
p. 51 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: ken
Translation (Spanish)
Cómo está el niño?
Ken inte weli kicha se pelu?
p. 51 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: ken
Translation (Spanish)
Qué no puede un perro hacer?
Ken weli kicha se pelu?
p. 51 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: ken
Translation (Spanish)
Qué puede hacer un perro?
p. 56 · Nahuizalco
Kwak naja niweyas, nu-nikcha seuk kenha ini.
p. 56 · Nahuizalco
Translation (Spanish)
Cuando yo sea grande, voy a hacer otra como ésta.
Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985)
24 occurrences
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Ken nemi iseltzin ne itelpuchtzin, rey kitasujta kitasujta.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ken
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
Translation
But, since he didn't play outside, he became sad.
Niu ninemi deskalsoj kenha nemit nuamigitus, kilwia.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"I'm going to be barefooted just like my friends are", he said.
Pwes kenemej, iteku se rey; mikikse rey.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Then, since his father was a king, the king died.
Ne piltzintzin kenemej takata, yaja nakak de rey.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The little boy, since now he was a man, became the king, he became king.
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).