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El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Ta kikwa ne takat kishtilia, kishtilia; muchi kishtilia, ta kineki kikwa, muchi kishtilia.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: kwa
Translation
Whatever the man ate she took away from him, she took it away, she took everything, whatever he wanted to eat she took away from him.
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 · See in the dictionary: kwa
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."
Kinilwia ne Nanawatzin, se chimpe: Shinechwikakan ne idamuj nulama, yaja ja kikwa ne takwal.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: kwa
Translation
Kinilwia ne Nanawatzin, se chimpe: Shinechwikakan ne idamuj nulama, yaja ja kikwa ne takwal. Pwes shinechwikakan.
The Nanahuatzin, the youngest child, said to them, "take me; my grandmother's fellow, he's the one who eats the food; so take me!".
Tesu, tesu ja masat, sino ne idamuj ne inlama, ja yaja kimiktijket, wan kiwikaket ne nakat pal kikwa ne inlama.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: kwa
Translation
No, that was not deer, but rather their grandmother's fellow. It was him that they killed, and they took the meat so that their grandmother would eat it.
Aj, pwes pejki takwa iseltzin.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: kwa, takwa
Translation
So, she began to eat alone.
Pejki ne Tantepuslamat kikwa ne nakat, wan tami kilwijket: Ken tikmatki ne nakat, lama?
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: kwa
Translation
The iron-toothed-old-woman began to eat the meat. Afterwards they said, "how did you find the meat, grandmother?".
Nepa ten kebrada kitantia ne itan pal kikwa ne piltzitzin.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: kwa
Translation
Yajki kitantia ne itan. Nepa ten kebrada kitantia ne itan pal kikwa ne piltzitzin.
She went to sharpen her teeth, there by the edge of the canyon she sharpened her teeth so she could eat the little boy.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Yajika neurakaneros witzet de Chiltiupan, witzet kwikat elut pal kikwa, pero kunij muchiwket jregar por ke kimiktijket se siwapil wan kikwajket.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: kwa
Translation
So, the "hurricaners" in reality come from Chilteopan; they come to take ears of corn to eat. But they were screwed up, because they killed the girl and ate her.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
niyaw niktajtani tay nikwa, por ke yejemet kipiat deber nechmakat an ka nimayana.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: kwa
Translation
I'm going to ask them for something to eat, because they have to give it to me now that I'm hungry.
Ajsik né tik ne pwertaj, muketza a media pwertaj, kilwia: nunan, nuteku shalkisa, naj nimayana, nikneki nitakwa.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: takwa
Translation
He came there to the door, stood in the middle of the door, and said, "mother, father, come out, I'm hungry, I want to eat".
Kunij shikwa sikiera pan por ke tamal te kanaj.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: kwa
Translation
Kunij shikwa sikiera pan por ke tamal te kanaj. Shikwa pan pal panu mumayana.
"Then at least eat some bread, because there are no tortillas; eat bread so your hunger will go away."
Shikwa pan pal panu mumayana.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: kwa
Translation
Kunij shikwa sikiera pan por ke tamal te kanaj. Shikwa pan pal panu mumayana.
"Then at least eat some bread, because there are no tortillas; eat bread so your hunger will go away."
Kunij shalkwi ukseyuk tortaj; Naj niktalia tik numataw pal nikwa musta.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: kwa
Translation
"Then bring me some more sandwiches; I'll put them in my bag to eat tomorrow."
Kunij ne inan kalaki, mientras ne inan kalaki kalwika mas pan, yaja pejki kikwa ne tortaj kimakatuk inan.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: kwa
Translation
Then his mother went inside. While his mother was going in to bring more bread, he began to eat the sandwich his mother had given him.
Naj su te nitekiti, te nitakwa.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: takwa
Translation
As for me, if I don't work, I don't eat.
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).