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Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku37Naja Ni Genaro23Achtu Taksalis18Timumachtikan!89El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos5The Pipil Language of El Salvador22
King, Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku (2012)
37 occurrences
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Ne itekuyu ne kamujtal yajki se wipta ka tayua kinpajpashua.
p. 26 · See in the dictionary: tayua
Chapter 6
Nemik se takat munamiktijtuk kipiatuya ne isiwaw, wan inte kimati katka ka kisa ka tayua.
p. 29 · See in the dictionary: tayua
Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004)
23 occurrences
Kwak Naja Nichikitik
Iwan ipatiw chupi naka pal nikua tay nimuneki, wan chupi pal nimukwepa nikua senpa kumal.
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: tey
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
Ajsiket inat ka kimatitiwit ka ne tiupan kipia tay yejemet nejnemitiwit kitemuat.
p. 6 · See in the dictionary: tey
Translation
Né ajsiket ne ipal Kulalmumachtiani. Ajsiket inat ka kimatitiwit ka ne tiupan kipia tay yejemet nejnemitiwit kitemuat. Kiunij inak ne Palej:
One day some people came from the Students’ Circle. They said they had heard that the church had just what they had been looking for. The priest said:
Nitakwika Ipal Ne Tiut
—Tay tina?
p. 10 · See in the dictionary: tey
Translation
—Tay tina? Tiweli tiaw ne domingo ka ne tiupan San Antonio?
“What do you say? Can you come to San Antonio Church on Sunday?”
Kiunij Nemi Katka Ne Tutechan
Yajika, kwak ajsiket ne takamet istak, yejemet tesu kimatit tay inat ne takamet wan ne siwatket.
p. 16 · See in the dictionary: tey
Translation
Ne techanchanejket tesu welituyat taketzat tik Español, nan welit katka tawawasuat nan amataketzat. Yajika, kwak ajsiket ne takamet istak, yejemet tesu kimatit tay inat ne takamet wan ne siwatket.
The inhabitants couldn’t speak Spanish, and they didn’t know how to read and write. So when the white men came, they didn’t understand what the men and women were saying.
Ken Titankwaketzat
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.
p. 18 · See in the dictionary: tey
Translation
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.
Cárcamo et al., Achtu Taksalis (2023)
18 occurrences
Tamachtilis 3. Nikneki kukumutzin
Tay tikneki tikwa?
See in the dictionary: tey
Tamachtilis 5: Keski ipatiw?
Tay tikneki tikuni?
See in the dictionary: tey
Tamachtilis 7. Nimetzinhishmati
Yek tayua, ken annemit?
See in the dictionary: tayua
Tamachtilis 8. Itekitilis.
King, Timumachtikan! (2011)
89 occurrences
3 Ini ne tamachtiani
Tay ini?
p. 24 · See in the dictionary: tey
Translation (Spanish)
¿Qué es esto?
4 Tay tikneki?
5 Tay kichiwa?
Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960)
5 occurrences
p. 59 · Nahuizalco
Nemi miak clases papalumet, seki kisat patanit wan tunal, iwan seki tayua; iwan keman kitatukat, yajki wan inte weli muitzkiat, ka majmawi pal mikit ken tejemet.
p. 59 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: tayua
Translation (Spanish)
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.
p. 60 · Nahuizalco
Pal ne pupuyutmet ne tunal kunyua kenha tayua.
p. 60 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: tayua
p. 65 · Nahuizalco
Kwak nikan tayua, ijki ne tunal nemi tan tal.
p. 65 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: tayua
Translation (Spanish)
Cuando aquí es de noche, es porque está bajo tierra.
p. 66 · Nahuizalco
Ka welis mutalua ken taja, pal tiweli tikita muchi tayua iwan tunal, kalan Tunal!
p. 66 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: tayua
Translation (Spanish)
Quién pudiera correr como tú, para poder ver todo de la noche al día, hermoso Sol!
p. 68 · Nahuizalco
Iwan asu-nte, nikan weli mutayekcha se tapech iwan weli tipanu (tikpanu) tayua niantiaka.
p. 68 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: tayua
Translation (Spanish)
Nutajtzin, man taja tikpia kan tikuchi? Iwan asu-nte, nikan weli mutayekcha se tapech iwan weli tipanu (tikpanu) tayua niantiaka.
Señor, tiene Ud. dónde dormir? Y si no, aquí se le puede arreglar una cama, y podrá pasar la noche sin cuidado (alguno).
Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985)
22 occurrences
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Kada tayua kisa pashalua sel itzuntekun.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: tayua
Translation
"Each night she goes out to walk abround, but only her head."
Kabal tapanik ka tajku tayua, ma tikinakan ne "medianoche", tikaki tajku tayua.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: tayua
Translation
Then it split open in the middle of the night, let's say at midnight; you hear it at midnight.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Na nikelnamiki tay nechilwij nunoyaj wan nu tatanoy.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: tey
Translation
I remember what my grandmother and my grandfather told me.
Pero en ese caso siyujti nemi se takat intelijentej, wan muchiwki proponer ke era de mas tay witzet kichiwat nin tik tutechan.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: tey
Translation
But in this case, once there was a smart man who held that what they came to do in our town was too much.
Pero, tay yejemet muchiwket afijar ka ne iujumiyu ne chumpipi, ne plumas te kikwaj pelu, entonces nakak pensativo muchi ne jwamilia tayika te kikwaj pelu ne ujumit ni ke ne plumaj.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: tey, ika, tika
Translation
But what they noticed was that the dog did not eat the turkey's bones and feathers. Then the whole family was left puzzled because the dog wouldn't eat the bones nor the feathers.
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).