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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.

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.

Kiunij panuk miak shiwit, wan kwak nikpiatuya 47 shiwit nitekitik tik ne Kalpuli. Né ninemik ume shiwit, wan ka tesu nechtashtawat yek, nikiski wan ninakak nitekiti tik ne kojtan.

Many years passed, and when I was 47 years old I worked for the Town Council. I was there for two years, but as it didn’t pay well, I left and went to work in the fields.

Yejemet tesu kimatit, ken an tejemet tikmatit, ka nemi se Tiut ka te tikishmatit. Yejemet kishmatit katka tay kitat, ken ne tunal, ne at, ne tal, ne tawial, ne kwajkwawit, ne kojtan: ipal itakwal, ipal ne tapewil, wan ne kwajkwawit pal kisaluat itakil pal tikwat pal te tikseliat mayan.

They didn’t realise, as we now know, that there is a God whom we didn’t know. They recognised the things they could see, such as the sun, the rain, the land, maize, trees, and nature, which provided their food, game, and fruit-bearing trees for food so as not to endure hunger.

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.

¿Qué hay en el monte?

En el monte hay árboles.

¿Te gusta el monte?

Nikmati kan nemi. Shikita! Yaja mawiltia iwan ne tumistun itan ne mesaj!

Ahora sé dónde está. ¡Mira! ¡Juega con nuestro gato debajo de la mesa!

— Mi abuela vive en una pequeña casa dentro del bosque.

Para el monte

Qué bonito está el campo con sus árboles vestidos de verdes hojas y olorosas flores de varios colores!

Ne tunal kisa nemi. Ne tawilyu tawilua ne kojkojtan iwan ne tejtechan.

El sol está saliendo. Su luz alumbra los montes y las poblaciones.

Cuando aquí es de noche, es porque está bajo tierra.

Nu kukutu weli chuka, tzakwa ijish pal kuchi, tero inte kimati takwa. Asu yaja takwaskia (takwajkia) nikmaskia (nimaskia) teya cosas ajajwiak ne tey nikwa naja. Niyaw nikuilia se ishunpechin pal tulin, yamani wan kalanchichin, yaja ne niktali se ilistun iwan sajtik (?); se iwipilchin pal ichkat wan shuchiw tujtultik, wan ishuchiyu (?) shushuik iwan ijiswayu ka ichijchikitan.

Mi muñeca puede llorar, cerrar los ojos para dormir, pero no sabe comer. Si ella comiera, le daría muchas cosas sabrosas de las que yo como. Voy a comprarle un sombrerito de junco, suave y bonito, al que le pondré una cinta ancha y negra; una camisita de algodón con flores amarillas, botones verdes y hojas por los lados.

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."

He asked for advice and it was given to him, they gave him advice.

It went by right there under the zapote tree; the head threw itself.

Yajki kalinh (m) ana ne ipilawantzitzin. Yawi kene tan ne puchut, tan ne puchut.

She went to get her little boys, then she went under the silk-cotton tree, under the silk-cotton tree.

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.