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Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985)
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Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Ini ja niknekiskia ma nupal!, esto.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ini
Translation
"That's what I wish were mine, that there."
Kilwia ne itejtelpuchtzin: Ini yu anmuamigituj.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ini
Translation
He said to his sons, "this is going to be your friend".
Ini ja (ka) niknekiskia katka, nimawiltia.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ini
Translation
"That's what I wanted, to play."
Ini ja nimuchiwa falta katka.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ini
Translation
"That's what I was missing."
Ini ja ne kichiwa falta ne mutelpuchtzin.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ini
Translation
"That's what your son needed."
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Yajki kitajtani seyuk konsejoj.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: tajtani
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.
Ini ne inakayu tukujkul!
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ini
Translation
Ini ne inakayu tukujkul! Kilwijket.
"That was our bogeyman's flesh", they said.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Pero, tay yejemet muchiwket afijar ka ne iujumiyu ne chumpipi, ne plumas te kikwaj pelu, entonces nakak pensativo muchi ne jwamilia tayika te kikwaj pelu ne ujumit ni ke ne plumaj.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ne
Translation
But what they noticed was that the dog did not eat the turkey's bones and feathers. Then the whole family was left puzzled because the dog wouldn't eat the bones nor the feathers.
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
Translation
Soon it thrundered. When it thundered he saw that it just turned around. In the turn that it made it raised and disappeared.
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 · See in the dictionary: ini
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
niyaw niktajtani tay nikwa, por ke yejemet kipiat deber nechmakat an ka nimayana.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: tajtani
Translation
I'm going to ask them for something to eat, because they have to give it to me now that I'm hungry.
Al fin keman yaja kineki miki ka mayana wan te kipia kishtia se espejuj tay oraj takipini.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
Finally, when he wanted to die because he was hungry and because he had nothing, he got out a mirror while it was lightning.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Uni tinemi?
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: uni, uni2
Translation
Señor, kilwij kalijtik. Uni tinemi?
"Señor", she said from inside, "is that you?"
Naj nin (ni)nemi, mas bien nisekmiki.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ne
Translation
Tayika te? Naj nin (ni)nemi, mas bien nisekmiki.
"Sure, I'm here, but I'm cold."
Kunij inak yaja: Ini tesu yek, ini nukujkul, pero nikchiwki jregar, porke nikilpij.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ini
Translation
Then he said, "this is not good". "This is a spook." "But I messed her up because I tied her up."
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).