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Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku15Naja Ni Genaro16Achtu Taksalis4Timumachtikan!38El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos10The Pipil Language of El Salvador14
King, Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku (2012)
15 occurrences
Chapter 6
Wan ne takat kipiatuya inan.
p. 32 · See in the dictionary: nan
Chapter 7
Kwak asi yawi katka, kwakuni kitak se ne ipilawan, kilik ne inan:
p. 42 · See in the dictionary: nan
Chapter 12
Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004)
16 occurrences
Kwak Naja Nichikitik
Nunan itekiw muchi pal ne kal, wan nuteku itekiw tik ne kojtan.
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: nan
Translation
Nutukay Genaro Ramírez Vásquez. Ninesik tik Witzapan tik ne metzti chiknawi ipal ne shiwit 1933, ne ikunew Juana Ramírez wan Catarino Vásquez. Nunan itekiw muchi pal ne kal, wan nuteku itekiw tik ne kojtan. Ne ume ipal Kushkatan.
My name is Genaro Ramirez Vasquez. I was born in Santo Domingo de Guzmán in September, 1933, the son of Juana Ramirez and Catarino Vasquez. My mother was a housewife, and my father worked in the fields. Both were from El Salvador.
Tesu welit katka tawawasuat nan amataketzat, yajika naja maya niwelituya nitaketza Nawat.
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: nan, nan2, nian
Translation
Since they couldn’t read and write, I only spoke Nawat.
Kiunij Nemi Katka Ne Tutechan
Ne techanchanejket tesu welituyat taketzat tik Español, nan welit katka tawawasuat nan amataketzat.
p. 16 · See in the dictionary: nan, nan2, nian
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.
Ne Tiut At
Taja, Tunan At, timetzmakat padiush ka mupanpa yekawi ne takil, ka taja tikajwilia ne tal pal mulini ne jaral, ne kwajkwawit shushuknajkisa, shuchikisa.
p. 24 · See in the dictionary: nan
Translation
Mother Rain, we thank you for making the fruit grow, for you irrigate the land so that the grass will germinate and the trees will grow green and blossom.
Taja, Tunan At, tesu tikita kaj yek, kaj tesu yek; taja tikatepewa muchi ne tal pal weya ne kojtan wan ne kwajkwawit.
p. 24 · See in the dictionary: nan
Translation
You, Mother Rain, do not see who is good, and who is evil; you flood all the earth so that the fields and the trees will flourish.
Cárcamo et al., Achtu Taksalis (2023)
4 occurrences
Tamachtilis 6. Numiyekawan
Tamachtilis 8. Itekitilis.
Wan munan tay itekiw?
See in the dictionary: nan
King, Timumachtikan! (2011)
38 occurrences
11 Shisa!
Ne inan kinutza pal muketza.
p. 46 · See in the dictionary: nan
Translation (Spanish)
Ne siwapiltzin isa peyna ka tapuyawa. Ne inan kinutza pal muketza. Yaja ina: “Shisa! Shimuketza!”
La niña despierta temprano por la mañana. Su madre la llama para que se levante. Ella dice: “¡Despertá! ¡Levantate!”
“Taja tisa?” ina ne inan.
p. 46 · See in the dictionary: nan
Translation (Spanish)
“¿Te despertás?” dice su madre.
“Nina ka nimuketza, nunan.”
p. 46 · See in the dictionary: nan
Translation (Spanish)
“Digo que me levanto, mamá.”
“Ashan shikwa tamal wan shikuni cafe,” ina ne inan.
p. 46 · See in the dictionary: nan
Translation (Spanish)
“Hoy comé tortillas y bebé café,” dice su madre.
“Nunan, nikuni cafe pero te nikneki tamal, te nimayana,” ina yaja.
p. 46 · See in the dictionary: nan
Translation (Spanish)
“Mamá, bebo café pero no quiero tortillas, no tengo hambre,” dice ella.
Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960)
10 occurrences
p. 56 · Nahuizalco
Teku, nunan, nuweykawan iwan naja, tinemit ijtik yaja.
p. 56 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: nan
Translation (Spanish)
Papá, mamá, mis hermanos y yo vivimos en ella.
p. 57 · Nahuizalco
Ma' shiksuma ne kunet, ke yaja inte kimati tey kicha, nan tey ina.
p. 57 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: nan, nan2, nian
Translation (Spanish)
Ma' shiksuma ne kunet, ke yaja inte kimati tey kicha, nan tey ina. Shikiliti iwan tikitas ka yek.
No regañes al niño, porque él no sabe lo que hace, ni lo que dice. Enséñale y será bueno.
Ma' shiki at shulewa, nan né tikasi nemi achi sin ke mutalua, nan shikpata, ke yejemet uni welit metzkukulijtia.
p. 57 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: nan, nan2, nian
Translation (Spanish)
No bebas agua sucia, ni de la que haya estado mucho sin correr ni cambiarse, que esas pueden enfermarte.
p. 60 · Nahuizalco
p. 61 · Nahuizalco
Tikita ini wey chalu ne nechtaukuli tunan?
p. 61 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: nan
Translation (Spanish)
Tikita ini wey chalu ne nechtaukuli tunan? Tikneki se takutun?
Ves esta grande guayaba que me regaló mamá? Quieres un pedazo?
Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985)
14 occurrences
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Kilwia ne inan ma tinakan ne reynaj; kilwia ne inan: Tiut tiyawit tipashaluat nepa ka kujtan Tiut tiawit aber su timuchiwa alegrar chupi.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: nan
Translation
His mother -- we mean the queen --, his mother said, "let's go take a walk there in the woods". "Let's go see if you won't cheer up a bit."
Kilwia ne inan: Shikida, shikida, nalwika se nuwilutzin.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: nan
Translation
He said to his mother, "look, look, I brought a little bird".
Kitamutak ne isapatiyas de oroj, kianki ne inan.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: nan
Translation
He threw away his golden shoes; his mother picked them up.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Yawi ne Tantepuslamat, ja yaja inan, ne brujaj Tantepuslamat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: nan
Translation
The witch (the "iron-toothed-old-woman") came. It's she who is her mother, the witch "iron-toothed-old-woman".
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
An niyaw nikchij kontar ka nin nemi se chulet ke yaja propio yaja nechilwijtuk ka inan ne iteku né tik arkuj nemit.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: nan
Translation
Today I'm going to tell him that there is an old man here who himself has told me that his mother and his father are there in the arch. (There is a natural rock-arch very near Santo Domingo de Guzmán.)
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).