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They say that when the village started, there were not many houses, only thirty-two, and the houses were surrounded by trees.

In my village there was a man called Agapito.

Ipal yaja tesu nemituya kal nemi tzaktuk. Yaja weli kalaki melka nemi tzaktuk.

For him no house was ever closed. He could get in even if the door was locked.

Pejkia ne shupan! Pejkia wetzi ne at! Muchi ne jaral yawi mulini wan ne tal yawia shushuknajkisa. Ne takwalmet yawita kipiat itakwal, yawit mutaliat tumawak wan te yawit kiseliat mayan. Yajika ne tushupan yaja techtakwaltia muchi tay tinemit ijpak ne tal, wan kichiwa ka tuweyka mutetzilnajkisa, tumawaya wan weya. Yajika, kaj kenka Tiut? ka yaja techtuktia ne at; kituktia ne shalnaj ejekat pal tikijiukwit; ne tunal pal techtawilua ne tal kan tiktaliat tujtukshi pal weyat ne kwajkwawit pal tikutunat wan iwan yaja tiketzat ne tukal kan tinemit; nusan ne kan nemit ne tukujkunew, kan te techmaka ne tunal, kan tesu tisekmikit. Yajika kaj weliskia kichiwa tay Tiut kichiwa tuwan?

Winter has begun! The rain has begun to fall! All the fields will sprout and the land will turn green. The animals will have their food, they will grow fat and will not go hungry. Therefore our winter feeds us all who are upon the earth, and makes our body grow full, healthy and strong. Therefore, who is like unto God? for he sends us rain; he sends us air to breathe; the sun to cast light on the earth on which we tread so that the trees will grow and we can cut wood with which to build our homes where we live; where our children also live, where we shelter from the sun, where we do not feel the cold. Therefore who else could do what God does for us?

¿Dónde están los hombres?

Están ahí en la milpa.

Tik nutechan nemit miak kal, se chikitik tiankis, ume yektzin teupan, wan se apan. Nusan nemi se wey tepet.

En mi pueblo hay muchas casas, un pequeño mercado, dos bonitas iglesias, y un río. También hay un cerro (o volcán) grande.

En el monte hay árboles.

En mi pueblo hay escuelas, iglesias y muchas casas.

El que quiera aprenderlo, sólo necesita poner cuidado y repasar bien muchas veces una misma lección, a fin de que se quede en la memoria; siendo mejor, como se ve en el texto, principiar por las que tienen una sola voz, después por las de dos, de tres y así sucesivamente, según el aprovechamiento obtenido.

"I'm going to be barefooted just like my friends are", he said.

"We're going now", said the old man; "you go too, but don't forget, come anytime with your son; here are his friends to play with".

Today I'm going to tell him that there is an old man here who himself has told me that his mother and his father are there in the arch. (There is a natural rock-arch very near Santo Domingo de Guzmán.)