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We also thank you because the trees blossom on account of you in order to bear fruit which grows, then ripens and when ripe is picked for eating.

Mother Rain, we thank you for making the fruit grow, for you irrigate the land so that the grass will germinate and the trees will grow green and blossom.

Therefore, Lord Fire, we need you so that we will not eat all our food raw, and suffer from indigestion.

Winter

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?

Timuneki se amatzin pal titajkwilua tik ne tamachtiluyan. Shu shikua se!

Necesitas un cuaderno para escribir en la escuela. Ve a comprar uno.

Kinamakat ajamatzin tik uni tiendaj. Shu ka ne!

Venden cuadernos en esa tienda. Ve ahí.

Inte nikmati. Shu shitajtani tik ne tiendaj.

No sé. Ve a preguntar en la tienda.

— Sí tengo — dice ella. — Tengo chile verde y también tengo rojo si quiere.

— Deme cuatro verdes.

El viejo

Yo tengo cuatro sombreros

Tú tienes cinco sombreros

Sabes dónde está el sombrero?

Cuántas flores tiene Ud?

There on the plain they arrived at an old man's house, a little old man.

Ne nemi ne shuretzin. Kilwia: Shikalaki Señora, shikalaki, kilwia.

There there was an old man; he said, "come in, Señora, come in".

"Well", the old man said, "your little son is sick, he's sick".

Then the old man said, "your son needs something.

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