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Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku631Naja Ni Genaro93Achtu Taksalis25Timumachtikan!250El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos109The Pipil Language of El Salvador84
King, Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku (2012)
631 occurrences
Chapter 1
Tiktukat ne et chiltiket, istaket, ne et kutiltiket, tawial pushawa, tawial tepitin, tawial istak...
p. 18
Ashkan tiu-tiktaliat tik ne kushtal ipal tikwikat pak ne kawayu pal tikwikat ka techan ne tawial pal tami tiksajsakat.
p. 19 · See in the dictionary: techan
Chapter 2
Nemi ume kuku, ken ne shushukna ush pushawa, iwan ne tepitin.
p. 20
Keman kipia chikwasen shiwit, pewa kicha ne itakil; kitepewa ijish tejemet tikiliat kuku.
p. 21 · See in the dictionary: tejemet
Tikapachuat iwan tenesh pal pipinia.
p. 21
Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004)
93 occurrences
Kwak Naja Nichikitik
Tesu welit katka tawawasuat nan amataketzat, yajika naja maya niwelituya nitaketza Nawat.
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
Since they couldn’t read and write, I only spoke Nawat.
Nitamachtia Nawat
Né ninemik ume shiwit, wan ka tesu nechtashtawat yek, nikiski wan ninakak nitekiti tik ne kojtan.
p. 6 · See in the dictionary: inté
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.
Niktaya ne tal pal niktuka ne mil, pal tik nukal muchi nupijpilawan wan nusiwaw te kiseliat mayan.
p. 6 · See in the dictionary: inté
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.
Su te ankinekit techishtiliat, kunij kia welit antaketzat iwan, wan su amejemet kinekit mumachtiat, welit anwitzet pal annemit tuwan.
p. 6 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
—Kia, nikan tikpiat se tuikaw ka yaja weli taketza Nawat. Su te ankinekit techishtiliat, kunij kia welit antaketzat iwan, wan su amejemet kinekit mumachtiat, welit anwitzet pal annemit tuwan.
“Yes, we have a brother here who can speak Nawat. If you don’t take him away from here, then you can talk to him, and if you want to learn you may come and study with us.”
Nikpalewia Ne Nawataketzalis
Nusan Carlos, melka yaja techanchanej, pero uksan mumachtia Nawataketza.
p. 8
Translation
Kwak niweli, nikpalewia Alan wan Cecy. Nusan Carlos, melka yaja techanchanej, pero uksan mumachtia Nawataketza. Yejemet tesu nechtashtawat, ka inat ka yejemet tesu kipiat tumin pal nechtashtawat.
When I am able I help Alan and Cecy. Carlos too, although he is a local, but he is still studying Nawat. They don’t pay me, because they say that they don’t have money to pay me with.
Cárcamo et al., Achtu Taksalis (2023)
25 occurrences
Tamachtilis 3. Nikneki kukumutzin
Tiawikan tel!
See in the dictionary: tel
Tamachtilis 4: Tiawikan ka tiankis!
King, Timumachtikan! (2011)
250 occurrences
1 Yek tunal!
Niawa tel.
p. 19 · See in the dictionary: tel
Translation (Spanish)
Ya me voy pues.
3 Ini ne tamachtiani
Te.
p. 24 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation (Spanish)
Te. Uni se chil.
No. Eso es un chile.
4 Tay tikneki?
Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960)
109 occurrences
p. 47 · Nahuizalco
p. 48 · Nahuizalco
Tejemet tikpiat tunakas.
p. 48 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: tejemet
Translation (Spanish)
Nosotros tenemos orejas
p. 49 · Nahuizalco
Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985)
84 occurrences
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Pero kenemej tesu mawiltia ka afuera, muchijki entristeser.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
But, since he didn't play outside, he became sad.
Tesu welitiwit tesu welitiwit.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
Muchi ne doctores panutiwit aber asu kipajtiat. Tesu welitiwit tesu welitiwit.
"All the doctors have come to see if they could cure him; they haven't been able to, they haven't been able."
Jaika (Yajika) ja (ka) tesu pajti.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
"So, he doesn't get better."
Shitejchia, kilwia, te shiyu, shitejchia.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
"Wait", he said, "don't go", "wait!".
Yu yawi anmuwan pal muchiwa dibertir, yu yawi anmuwan, tesu ja pal ankisumat.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
Yut anyawit. Yu yawi anmuwan pal muchiwa dibertir, yu yawi anmuwan, tesu ja pal ankisumat.
"You'll go and he'll go with you; he'll go with you to have a good time." "He's not here for you to hit him."
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).