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Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku41Naja Ni Genaro17Achtu Taksalis2Timumachtikan!10El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos4
King, Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku (2012)
41 occurrences
Chapter 2
Keman kipia chikwasen shiwit, pewa kicha ne itakil; kitepewa ijish tejemet tikiliat kuku.
p. 21 · See in the dictionary: shiwit
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004)
17 occurrences
Kwak Naja Nichikitik
Ninesik tik Witzapan tik ne metzti chiknawi ipal ne shiwit 1933, ne ikunew Juana Ramírez wan Catarino Vásquez.
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: shiwit
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.
Nipejki niaw ka tamachtiluyan kwak nikpiatuya majtakti shiwit.
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: shiwit
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 · See in the dictionary: shiwit
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: shiwit
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.
Nikpalewia Ne Nawataketzalis
Wan tik ne shiwit 1993, nipejki nitekiti iwan CONCULTURA.
p. 8 · See in the dictionary: shiwit
Translation
Achtu nitekitik iwan ne Asociación Coordinadora de Comunidades Indígenas de El Salvador (ACCIES). Wan tik ne shiwit 1993, nipejki nitekiti iwan CONCULTURA. Ashta tik ini shiwit nitekitiuk iwan.
First I worked for the Asociación Coordinadora de Comunidades Indigenas de El Salvador (ACCIES). And in 1993, I started working for CONCULTURA. I am still working for them now.
Cárcamo et al., Achtu Taksalis (2023)
2 occurrences
Tamachtilis 6. Numiyekawan
Shiwi nuchan!
See in the dictionary: witz
Tamachtilis 14. Nitakwa peyna
Shiwi tuwan tel!
See in the dictionary: witz
King, Timumachtikan! (2011)
10 occurrences
13 Chilkwachtzin
Shiwi ka nikan pal nimetznapalua!
p. 53 · See in the dictionary: witz
Translation (Spanish)
Wejweyak pal nimetznapalua yek! ina ne kuyut. Shiwi ka nikan pal nimetznapalua!
Ellos son largos para que te abrace bien, dice el coyote. ¡Vení acá para que te abrace!
40 Tay metzilwij ma shikchiwa?
Pero shiwi nuwan su tikneki pal tinechpalewia.
p. 120 · See in the dictionary: witz
Translation (Spanish)
— Naja nikmatiaya. Kwak nechwikak nunoya yalua, yaja nechilwitij ne ujti pal nimumachtia yek. Pero shiwi nuwan su tikneki pal tinechpalewia.
— Yo ya sé. Cuando me llevó mi abuela ayer, ella me enseñó el camino para que lo aprendiera bien. Pero si quiere, venga conmigo para ayudarme.
44 Se yualu
46 Metzmutiat hasta ne mujmuyut!
— Ashan makwil shiwit.
p. 136 · See in the dictionary: shiwit
Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960)
4 occurrences
p. 61 · Nahuizalco
Shiwi, Manbru, shiwi timawiltikan nuwan, iwan despues, timutaukulis iwan kijkimichin.
p. 61 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: witz
Translation (Spanish)
Ven Mambrú, ven a jugar conmigo, y después te regalarás con ratones.
p. 65 · Nahuizalco
Ke yek nemi ne at, Katuchti, shiwi shimalti nuwan!
p. 65 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: witz
p. 69 · Nahuizalco
Shu Manbru, ma' shiwi, ka Iachin kipia mawi.
p. 69 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: witz
Translation (Spanish)
So, Mambrú, no vengas, porque Tabaquito tiene miedo.
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).