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Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku11Naja Ni Genaro17Achtu Taksalis3Timumachtikan!5El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos1The Pipil Language of El Salvador7
King, Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku (2012)
11 occurrences
Chapter 7
Maya shu-shimukwepa tikmiktia se ne nupilawan.
Niu-nimetzmaka tey iwan tipanu, wan tey nimetzilia: Maya shimukwepa tikmiktia se nupilawan.
“Maya shimukwepa tinechmiktilia se ne nupilawan.
Chapter 19
Keman nikpia mayan niaw nimuketza nikwa ne nakat.’
p. 71 · See in the dictionary: mayana
Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004)
17 occurrences
Kwak Naja Nichikitik
Tesu welit katka tawawasuat nan amataketzat, yajika naja maya niwelituya nitaketza Nawat.
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: maka2, semaya
Translation
Since they couldn’t read and write, I only spoke Nawat.
Maya nimumachtij ume taksaya.
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: maka2, semaya
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.
Yajika kwak naja nichikitik maya niksajsajsaka kumal pal niknamaka.
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: maka2, semaya
Translation
Yajika kwak naja nichikitik maya niksajsajsaka kumal pal niknamaka. Iwan ipatiw chupi naka pal nikua tay nimuneki, wan chupi pal nimukwepa nikua senpa kumal.
So when I was a boy I just carried kumals to sell (in the market). What I earned was hardly enough to pay for what I needed and to buy more kumals.
Nitamachtia Nawat
Niktaya ne tal pal niktuka ne mil, pal tik nukal muchi nupijpilawan wan nusiwaw te kiseliat mayan.
p. 6 · See in the dictionary: mayana
Translation
Niktaya ne tal pal niktuka ne mil, pal tik nukal muchi nupijpilawan wan nusiwaw te kiseliat mayan. Kiunij panuk sujsul shijshiwit.
I worked the land and grew corn so that my children and wife wouldn’t go hungry. So the years went by.
Kiunij Nemi Katka Ne Tutechan
Inat ka kwak pejki ne techan, tesu nemituya sujsul kajkalmet, maya nemituyat se pual majtakti ume, wan ne kajkalmet nemituyat itzalan ne kwajkwawit.
p. 16 · See in the dictionary: maka2, semaya
Translation
They say that when the village started, there were not many houses, only thirty-two, and the houses were surrounded by trees.
Cárcamo et al., Achtu Taksalis (2023)
3 occurrences
Tamachtilis 9. Nechkukua nuweyka.
Tamachtilis 10. Tay tikchiwat mujmusta
King, Timumachtikan! (2011)
5 occurrences
8 Nikpia se mistun
Yaja te mayana.
p. 38 · See in the dictionary: mayana
Translation (Spanish)
Él no tiene hambre.
17 Taika tichuka?
Anka kukuya o mayana.
p. 63 · See in the dictionary: mayana
Translation (Spanish)
Taika chuka uni kunet? Anka kukuya o mayana. Tay kipia? Naja nina ka sekmiki. Yajika te kuchi.
¿Por qué llora ese niño? Acaso está enfermo o tiene hambre. ¿Qué tiene? Yo creo que tiene frío. Por eso no duerme.
33 Sujsul nipakiskia
35 Te niajki nitekiti
Inak ka naja te nikukuya, maya nisutawa.
p. 107 · See in the dictionary: maka2, semaya
Translation (Spanish)
Kwak tiajsiket ichan ne tapajtiani, yaja nechitak pero inak ka te kiajsik tatka. Inak ka naja te nikukuya, maya nisutawa. Nechmakak se pajti pal nikuni wan nechilwij ma nimukwepa nimuteka nimusewia hasta ma nimumati yek.
Cuando llegamos donde el médico, él me miró pero dijo que no halló nada. Dijo que yo no estaba enfermo, sólo cansado. Me dio una medicina para tomar y me dijo que volviera a acostarme y descansar hasta que me sintiera bien.
Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960)
1 occurrence
p. 71 · Nahuizalco
Mas yek ninemi ishwituk iwan nimiki, ken ke waktuk (watuk) wan mayan wan kenhaya ka nu-nimiki ken muchi.
p. 71 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: mayana
Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985)
7 occurrences
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Naka ne ikwerpoj, se maya ne itzuntekun.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: maka2, semaya
Translation
Her body remains and only her head goes.
Ne iishwiuwan teya su kinmaka ne takwal, se maya ne ienamorado sentakwat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: maka2, semaya
Translation
She no longer gave the food to her grandchildren; she only ate together with her lover.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Al ratito tikwini,kan (kwak)(keman) tikwinik yaja kita ka maya kimak bueltaj en la buelta ke kimaka muciwket elevar wan muchiwket desaparecer.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: maka2, semaya
Translation
Soon it thrundered. When it thundered he saw that it just turned around. In the turn that it made it raised and disappeared.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Yajika keman yaja mayana , ina isel, "por el ultimo nikmai kan nemi nuteku, kan nemi nunan."
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: mayana
Translation
So when he was hungry, he said to himself, "finally I know where my father is, where my mother is".
Yejemet ka kipiat tumin, yajika ne yajket kimakat fin tik Arkuj, wan naj te nechajkawilijket tumin, maya pobresaj.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: maka2, semaya
Translation
They are the ones who have money. That's why they went there to end up in the arch. And they didn't leave me money, just poverty.
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).