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Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku334Naja Ni Genaro26Timumachtikan!141El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos52The Pipil Language of El Salvador25
King, Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku (2012)
334 occurrences
Chapter 1
Inte waktuk.
p. 17
Musta inte kimaka ne at.
p. 18
Inte wetzi ne at.
p. 18
Yajika, miak inte kitukat ne tunalmil.
p. 18
Chapter 2
Ne kuku keman kikwajtuk ne metzti inte kipia inakayu, iayu chiupichin.
p. 21
Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004)
26 occurrences
Nitamachtia Nawat
Niktaya ne tal pal niktuka ne mil, pal tik nukal muchi nupijpilawan wan nusiwaw te kiseliat mayan.
p. 6
Translation
Niktaya ne tal pal niktuka ne mil, pal tik nukal muchi nupijpilawan wan nusiwaw te kiseliat mayan. Kiunij panuk sujsul shijshiwit.
I worked the land and grew corn so that my children and wife wouldn’t go hungry. So the years went by.
Su te ankinekit techishtiliat, kunij kia welit antaketzat iwan, wan su amejemet kinekit mumachtiat, welit anwitzet pal annemit tuwan.
p. 6
Translation
—Kia, nikan tikpiat se tuikaw ka yaja weli taketza Nawat. Su te ankinekit techishtiliat, kunij kia welit antaketzat iwan, wan su amejemet kinekit mumachtiat, welit anwitzet pal annemit tuwan.
“Yes, we have a brother here who can speak Nawat. If you don’t take him away from here, then you can talk to him, and if you want to learn you may come and study with us.”
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.
Ken Titankwaketzat
Yejemet tesu kimatit, ken an tejemet tikmatit, ka nemi se Tiut ka te tikishmatit.
p. 18
Translation
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.
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.
p. 18
Translation
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.
King, Timumachtikan! (2011)
141 occurrences
3 Ini ne tamachtiani
Te.
p. 24
Translation (Spanish)
Te. Uni se chil.
No. Eso es un chile.
4 Tay tikneki?
Te.
p. 27
Translation (Spanish)
No.
Te.
p. 27
Translation (Spanish)
Te. Semaya ume tamal.
No. Sólamente dos tortillas.
Te.
p. 28
Translation (Spanish)
No.
Te tikneki chijchil?
p. 28
Translation (Spanish)
¿No quieres chiles?
Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960)
52 occurrences
p. 51 · Nahuizalco
Ken inte weli kicha se kunet?
p. 51 · Nahuizalco
Translation (Spanish)
Qué no puede hacer un niño?
Se kunet inte weli patani, tiajwa wan tawawana.
p. 51 · Nahuizalco
Translation (Spanish)
Un niño no puede volar, latir ni escarbar.
Ken inte weli kicha se pelu?
p. 51 · Nahuizalco
Translation (Spanish)
Qué no puede un perro hacer?
Se pelu inte weli tatzumat?
p. 51 · Nahuizalco
Translation (Spanish)
Un perro no puede coser?
p. 52 · Nahuizalco
Inte intiaja (?).
p. 52 · Nahuizalco
Translation (Spanish)
No, no son.
Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985)
25 occurrences
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Shitejchia, kilwia, te shiyu, shitejchia.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"Wait", he said, "don't go", "wait!".
Tejemet tiawita, kilwia ne shuretzin: Shakan, pero te shikelkawa, cualquier rato shiwala wan ne mutelpuchtzin; ka nikan nemit ne iamigitus pal mawiltia.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"We're going now", said the old man; "you go too, but don't forget, come anytime with your son; here are his friends to play with".
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Te shikwakan nushulejyu, te shikwakan nushulejyu!, asi le dice.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"Don't eat my husband, don't eat my husband!", that's what she said to them.
Te, porke yu kikukuawitzti, yu kikukuawitzti!
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Te, porke yu kikukuawitzti, yu kikukuawitzti! Kinilwia.
"No, because he is going to get stuck with the thorns, he's going to get pricked", she tells them.
Ka te panu ne iashish nepa, tiut tikmiktiat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"Whoever does not get his/her piss there we are going to kill."
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).