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Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku10Naja Ni Genaro5Achtu Taksalis1Timumachtikan!17
King, Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku (2012)
10 occurrences
Chapter 6
“Tikitak ka naja niweli?
p. 35
Chapter 29
Su naja niweli nikalaki wan nimukwepa nikisa, niu-nipanu nimetzilia ken ne kalijtik ne tepet.”
p. 86
Chapter 33
Naja intea niweli.
p. 99
Naja intea niweli.”
p. 99
Chapter 37
Niweli nimunamiktia ne nawi tunal.”
p. 107
Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004)
5 occurrences
Nikpalewia Ne Nawataketzalis
Kitaket ka naja niweli nitaketza Nawat wan nusan nitawawasua.
p. 8
Translation
Nechilwij ne tunal keman yawi muchiwa ne congreso pal naja niajsi. Wan kiunij kichiwket pal nechishmatit ne ishmatijket. Kitaket ka naja niweli nitaketza Nawat wan nusan nitawawasua. Anka yajika ka ne nawi congreso nechilwijket ka yawit nechmakat nutekiw.
She told me the date of the conference so that I would come. And that is how the specialists met me. They saw that I could speak Nawat and write it too. Maybe that is why they told me I would have work in four conferences.
Kwak niweli, nikpalewia Alan wan Cecy.
p. 8
Translation
Kwak niweli, nikpalewia Alan wan Cecy. Nusan Carlos, melka yaja techanchanej, pero uksan mumachtia Nawataketza. Yejemet tesu nechtashtawat, ka inat ka yejemet tesu kipiat tumin pal nechtashtawat.
When I am able I help Alan and Cecy. Carlos too, although he is a local, but he is still studying Nawat. They don’t pay me, because they say that they don’t have money to pay me with.
Nitakwika Ipal Ne Tiut
Né nechishmatijket ka naja niweli taketza Nawat ka tik ne tiupan ipal Santa Catarina Masawat nitakwikak se takwikalis ka ina “Melka Kwak Taja Tinejnemi, Tesu Musel Tinemi”, wan kikakik ne Palej.
p. 10
Translation
Né nechishmatijket ka naja niweli taketza Nawat ka tik ne tiupan ipal Santa Catarina Masawat nitakwikak se takwikalis ka ina “Melka Kwak Taja Tinejnemi, Tesu Musel Tinemi”, wan kikakik ne Palej. Kunij inak:
There it became known that I could speak Nawat, because at the church in Santa Catarina Masahuát I sang a hymn that goes “Though You Walk, You Are Not Alone”, and the priest heard it. Then he said:
Ken Nikwikatuk Ne Nawataketzalis Ka Miak Tal
Né nechishmatijket ka naja niweli nitaketza Nawat, wan kwak nemik ukseseyuk senputzuat teya nechajkawket ma te niu.
p. 14
Translation
Kunij walajtuya se nawataketza ipal Meshikal pal tamachtia ne Nawataketzalis, wan kenhayuk kinetuya kaj kipalewia iwan muchi ne tajtamachtiani. Né ninemik kashtuli tunal iwanmet. Né nechishmatijket ka naja niweli nitaketza Nawat, wan kwak nemik ukseseyuk senputzuat teya nechajkawket ma te niu.
Then a Nahuatl speaker from Mexico came to teach the language, and once more he wanted somebody to help him with the teachers. I was there with them for two weeks. There I was recognised for my knowledge of Nawat, and afterwards I got invited to all the meetings.
Ini Nutechan Witzapan
Ini nutechan Witzapan, te niweli nikelkawa, wan ne tu-Apantepet kan nitemu nimaltia.
p. 44
Translation
This is my village, Witzapan, I cannot forget it, and our stream the Apantepet where I used to go bathing.
Cárcamo et al., Achtu Taksalis (2023)
1 occurrence
Tamachtilis 12. Tinechmaka
Nina ka niweli; niu nikita musta.
King, Timumachtikan! (2011)
17 occurrences
19 Te nikajsi nuamatzin
Te niweli.
p. 68
Translation (Spanish)
No puedo.
20 Shu shikua se amatzin!
Yajika te niweli nitajkwilua!
p. 70
Translation (Spanish)
Nikmati! Yajika te niweli nitajkwilua!
¡Lo sé, por eso no puedo escribir!
Kan niweli nikua?
p. 70
Translation (Spanish)
¿Dónde lo puedo comprar?
21 Te niweli nitajkwilua
Te niweli nitajkwilua.
p. 74
Translation (Spanish)
No puedo escribir.
22 Tiwitz nuwan?
Te niweli niwitz muwan.
p. 76
Translation (Spanish)
No puedo venir contigo.
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).