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Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985)
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Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Pero kenemej tesu mawiltia ka afuera, muchijki entristeser.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
But, since he didn't play outside, he became sad.
Pwes kenemej, iteku se rey; mikikse rey.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Then, since his father was a king, the king died.
Ne piltzintzin kenemej takata, yaja nakak de rey.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The little boy, since now he was a man, became the king, he became king.
Kinmakak pwestoj ne prinsipe ne seyuk pijpipilmet, kenemej tajtakameta.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The prince gave an office to the boys, since they were men now.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Yajki ka tiupan chan ne palej, ma kimaka ne konsejoj ken kichiwaskia.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Yajki kitajtani seyuk konsejoj. Yajki ka tiupan chan ne palej, ma kimaka ne konsejoj ken kichiwaskia.
He went to ask for more advice; he went to the church, to the priest's. He should advise him how he should do it.
Kilwia ne palej ka ne isiwaw brujaj.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
He told the priest that his wife was a witch.
Teroj ne kayej ne pejpelumet wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-wa, kuyuchukat, kuyuchukat ne pelumet.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"All along the stree the dogs howl 'wawawawawawawawawawa', the dogs howl."
Pero kenemej nikmakak chil, teya su welik.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"But since I put chili on her, she no longer could."
Ashan nechilwia ne palej asu nikpia se nufinkita, ma niyu iwan, wan ne chijchiltik tzaput ma kikwa ne ujuksik, wan tami ma kimaka wan ne chijchikajtuk pal nikmiktia.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"Now the priest told me that if I have a farm that I should go with her that she eat the red custard apples that are ripe, and then I should hit her with the hard ones in order to kill her."
Uk uksik ne takwal, kenemej yejemet muchijtiwit desbelar, kuchit.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
When the food was ready, since they had stayed up, they slept.
Kenemej nemi ne Nanawatzin, ne chimpe Nanawatzin, ya kita ta kichiwa ne inlama.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
But as the Nanahuatzin was there, the youngest child, he saw what their grandmother was doing.
Pwes eje, ej nupilawantzitzin, niu nikmana, tiut titakwat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: e
Translation
"Well yes, yes, my children, I'm going to cook it, we're going to eat."
Yajki ne tengerechej.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Voy a ir. Es el tenguereche. Yajki ne tengerechej.
"I'll go", it was the lizard; the lizard went.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
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
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.
Kienej (kiane) kwikaket ne siwapil por ke ne takat en el momento ke kitak ne kichiwket la prueba kitak perfectamente ka se siwapil hermosa kiski tik ne wesuj wan ne plumaj.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
Actually, they took the girl because at the moment the man saw that they tried this, he saw perfectly (well) that a beautiful girl came out of the bones and feathers.
Kienej nechiwtuk kontar nutatanoy wan nunoyaj, wan esta fecha siempre panu urakan pero tejemet teya keman tikitaket su walkuwetzi se, yajiika an nikchiwa kontar nuamikuj pal kwika como recuerdo ini kwentuj. <arco>
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
That's what my grandfather and grandmother told me, and big storms always come, but we never saw if one came to fall. So, today I am telling this to my friend so he can take this story with him as a remembrance.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Kienej kilwia katka ne ipilawan.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
This is what he told them.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Keman yaja yawi katka derechoj ne kayej, yaj kiski iishpan Siwanawal.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
When he was going down the street the Siguanaba (a siren-like supernatural being in the form of a woman) came out in front of him.
Ka ne niknamik tik kayej ka ne kajkuik.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
"I ran into her there in the street, up there."
Pero antes de que ya musutuma, tay ora pejki kichij jwersaj pal yawi, muchiwa fijar ne takat ka ne siwat ne iijikshi tesu iijikshi ken pal jentej, sino ke iijikshi puru iijikshi tijlan.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
But before she got untied, when she began to struggle to go, the man noticed that the woman's feet were not like people's feet, rather they were really chicken feet.
Mukwepki kita tik ikaraj; Kitak tujtumak iish, tesu ken iish jentej.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
He turned around to look her in the face and he saw her large eyes, not like people's eyes.
El Sipitillo · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Ne Sipitiyuj chikitikchin ma tumak ne ishumpe; tesu ombron, tresu kojtik, chikitikchin puruj jentej.
El Sipitillo · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
The sipitillo is very small but his hat is gigantic. He is not big, not tall; he's very little, but pure human.
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).