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Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku39Naja Ni Genaro9Achtu Taksalis4Timumachtikan!25The Pipil Language of El Salvador5
King, Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku (2012)
39 occurrences
Chapter 6
Semaya kita katka ka tatwi kipia tey kikwa, tey sea.
p. 29 · See in the dictionary: semaya
Semaya naka ne iweyka.”
p. 29 · See in the dictionary: semaya
Kwakuni semaya kishtilijket ne ikulutzin wan kitapujket wan yajket kishkat.
p. 34 · See in the dictionary: semaya
“Lama, ashan inte tikasitiwit, semaya se tapewilchin tikasiket.
p. 34 · See in the dictionary: semaya
Maya shiwikan, maya shalmukwepakan.”
Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004)
9 occurrences
Kwak Naja Nichikitik
Tesu welit katka tawawasuat nan amataketzat, yajika naja maya niwelituya nitaketza Nawat.
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: maka2, semaya
Translation
Since they couldn’t read and write, I only spoke Nawat.
Maya nimumachtij ume taksaya.
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: maka2, semaya
Translation
Nipejki niaw ka tamachtiluyan kwak nikpiatuya majtakti shiwit. Maya nimumachtij ume taksaya.
I started going to school at the age of ten. I only studied up to second grade.
Yajika kwak naja nichikitik maya niksajsajsaka kumal pal niknamaka.
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: maka2, semaya
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.
Nikpalewia Ne Nawataketzalis
Kiunij panuk, pejki niajsi pal nechishmatit, wan kwak nechishmatket, ne nantzin Vicky de Amaya nechilwij:
p. 8
Translation
Panuk ka nechilwijket ma niajsi ka Kulalmumachtiani pal nechishmatit. Kiunij panuk, pejki niajsi pal nechishmatit, wan kwak nechishmatket, ne nantzin Vicky de Amaya nechilwij:
Then they invited me to visit the Students’ Circle. So along I went, and when they met me, Mrs. Vicky de Amaya said to me:
Kiunij Nemi Katka Ne Tutechan
Inat ka kwak pejki ne techan, tesu nemituya sujsul kajkalmet, maya nemituyat se pual majtakti ume, wan ne kajkalmet nemituyat itzalan ne kwajkwawit.
p. 16 · See in the dictionary: maka2, semaya
Translation
They say that when the village started, there were not many houses, only thirty-two, and the houses were surrounded by trees.
Cárcamo et al., Achtu Taksalis (2023)
4 occurrences
Tamachtilis 4: Tiawikan ka tiankis!
Semaya tinejnemit makwil cuadraj kan kalaki ne tunal wan ume ka ajkuik.
See in the dictionary: semaya
Tamachtilis 9. Nechkukua nuweyka.
Tamachtilis 10. Tay tikchiwat mujmusta
King, Timumachtikan! (2011)
25 occurrences
4 Tay tikneki?
5 Tay kichiwa?
Semaya ne kunet nemi tik ne kal.
p. 30 · See in the dictionary: semaya
Translation (Spanish)
Sólo el niño está en la casa.
6 Tay kichiwat yejemet?
Semaya ne kujkunet te tekitit.
p. 33 · See in the dictionary: semaya
Translation (Spanish)
Sólo los niños no trabajan.
8 Nikpia se mistun
Semaya ne mistun te kikwa tatka.
p. 38 · See in the dictionary: semaya
Translation (Spanish)
Sólo el gato no come nada.
Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985)
5 occurrences
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Naka ne ikwerpoj, se maya ne itzuntekun.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: maka2, semaya
Translation
Her body remains and only her head goes.
Ne iishwiuwan teya su kinmaka ne takwal, se maya ne ienamorado sentakwat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: maka2, semaya
Translation
She no longer gave the food to her grandchildren; she only ate together with her lover.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Al ratito tikwini,kan (kwak)(keman) tikwinik yaja kita ka maya kimak bueltaj en la buelta ke kimaka muciwket elevar wan muchiwket desaparecer.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: maka2, semaya
Translation
Soon it thrundered. When it thundered he saw that it just turned around. In the turn that it made it raised and disappeared.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Yejemet ka kipiat tumin, yajika ne yajket kimakat fin tik Arkuj, wan naj te nechajkawilijket tumin, maya pobresaj.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: maka2, semaya
Translation
They are the ones who have money. That's why they went there to end up in the arch. And they didn't leave me money, just poverty.
Kilwia los dos pipil "taja timayordomoj, pero maya taja mumanuj mas vivo yaja alvolario".
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: maka2, semaya
Translation
He said to the two boys, "you are a steward, but only you. Your brother is smarter; he is a wizard.
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).