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Nechilwij ne tunal keman yawi muchiwa ne congreso pal naja niajsi. Wan kiunij kichiwket pal nechishmatit ne ishmatijket. Kitaket ka naja niweli nitaketza Nawat wan nusan nitawawasua. Anka yajika ka ne nawi congreso nechilwijket ka yawit nechmakat nutekiw.

She told me the date of the conference so that I would come. And that is how the specialists met me. They saw that I could speak Nawat and write it too. Maybe that is why they told me I would have work in four conferences.

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.

Therefore everybody prayed when they saw the sun rising and asked it to protect us through the day until dark.

Wan su se takat kimujmuchteki, yaja kiejtakua wan kimiktia. Yaja kitalia isala wilisnaj, pal su se kimujmuchteki nemanha kimiktia.

And if anybody tried to rob him, he destroyed and killed them. He put on his torn trousers so that if anybody robbed him he could kill them straight away.

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.

Yaja kiuni cafe. Ne siwapiltzin kita ne iikaw.

Ella bebe café. La niña ve a su hermanito.

Y el coyote abre su gran boca y se come a la niña.

Paula yawi ka tiankis kikua takwal ken mujmusta. Yaja kimatiaya tay muneki, wan kipiaya ne itumin pal kitashtawia. Ini tay yawi kikua: awakat, chil, pula wan cafe. Te muneki et wan tumat ika ka ichan nemia. Nusan kipiaya tejteksisti ika yaja kipia se tijlan.

Paula se va al mercado a comprar comida como todos los días. Ella ya sabe qué necesita, y ya tiene su dinero para pagarlo. Esto es lo que va a comprar: aguacates, chiles, plátanos y café. No necesita frijoles y tomates porque en casa ya hay. También ya tiene huevos ya que ella tiene una gallina.

Se siwat mutalia kinamaka awakat wan pula tik ne tiankis. Paula kinutza, wan kitajtani keski ipatiw ne pula.

Una mujer se pone a vender aguacates y plátanos en el mercado. Paula le habla, le pregunta cuánto valen los plátanos.

Paula kitashtawia ne tanamakani. Kinekiuk ne chil wan ne cafe. Yawia kitemua...

Paula le paga a la vendedora. Todavía falta el chile y el café. Ya va a buscarlo...

Los dos ven sus hijuelos.

No duermas mucho, que el mucho dormir pone pesado el cuerpo y envejece pronto al que esto pasa haciendo.

Hay muchas clases de mariposas, unas que salen a volar de día y otras por la noche; pero cuando las persiguen, huyen y no se dejan coger, porque temen morir como nosotros.

Since he was his only one, the king loved him, he really loved him.

The old man told her, "look, he's happy to see the little birds".

He threw away his golden shoes; his mother picked them up.

He asked for advice and it was given to him, they gave him advice.

He was seeing what his wife was doing.