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Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku30Naja Ni Genaro6Achtu Taksalis5Timumachtikan!24El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos52The Pipil Language of El Salvador2
King, Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku (2012)
30 occurrences
Chapter 1
Ashkan kichiwak ume taria, musta kichiwas ume taria, wipta kichiwas ume taria.
p. 18 · See in the dictionary: ume
Chapter 2
Nemi ume kuku, ken ne shushukna ush pushawa, iwan ne tepitin.
p. 20 · See in the dictionary: ume
Chapter 3
Chapter 6
Nakak ume tzuntekun.
p. 30 · See in the dictionary: ume
Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004)
6 occurrences
Kwak Naja Nichikitik
Ne ume ipal Kushkatan.
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: ume
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.
Maya nimumachtij ume taksaya.
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: ume
Translation
Nipejki niaw ka tamachtiluyan kwak nikpiatuya majtakti shiwit. Maya nimumachtij ume taksaya.
I started going to school at the age of ten. I only studied up to second grade.
Nitamachtia Nawat
Né ninemik ume shiwit, wan ka tesu nechtashtawat yek, nikiski wan ninakak nitekiti tik ne kojtan.
p. 6 · See in the dictionary: ume
Translation
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.
Ken Nipejki Nitekiti Tik Ne Nawataketzalis
Tiawit timetztashtawat pal metzti ume tzunti tumin.
p. 12 · See in the dictionary: ume
Translation
—Ka naja niknekiskia ma shiwi timusenpua nikan iwan tumajmanujwan wan shikinmachti taketzat Nawat. Tiawit timetztashtawat pal metzti ume tzunti tumin. Ken tina? Nemi yek?
“Because I’d like you to come and join our brethren here and teach them to speak Nawat. We’ll pay you 200 colones a month. Well, what do you say?”
p. 16
TAKUTUN UME Techan wan Tiut
See in the dictionary: ume
Translation
PART TWO People and God
Cárcamo et al., Achtu Taksalis (2023)
5 occurrences
Tamachtilis 4: Tiawikan ka tiankis!
Semaya tinejnemit makwil cuadraj kan kalaki ne tunal wan ume ka ajkuik.
See in the dictionary: ume
Tamachtilis 10. Tay tikchiwat mujmusta
Niajsi nitekiti chikume horaj.
See in the dictionary: chikume
Tamachtilis 13. Kaj kichiwa chilmul?
Nimetzmaka se shunakat wan ume chil.
See in the dictionary: ume
Tamachtilis 14. Nitakwa peyna
Nitakwa ka chikume oraj.
See in the dictionary: chikume
Tamachtilis 15: nikneki yey kumal wan yey tzutzukul
Nikneki ume chikitik wan se ombrón.
See in the dictionary: ume
King, Timumachtikan! (2011)
24 occurrences
4 Tay tikneki?
Semaya ume tamal.
p. 27 · See in the dictionary: ume
Translation (Spanish)
Te. Semaya ume tamal.
No. Sólamente dos tortillas.
6 Tay kichiwat yejemet?
Ume takat.
p. 33 · See in the dictionary: ume
Translation (Spanish)
Dos hombres.
7 Tay horaj timuketza?
Niajsi chikume horaj, wan nitekiti hasta tajkutunal.
p. 35 · See in the dictionary: chikume
Translation (Spanish)
Tay horaj tikisa? — Naja nikisa chikwasen horaj. Niajsi chikume horaj, wan nitekiti hasta tajkutunal.
¿A qué hora sales? — Salgo a las seis. Llego a las siete, y trabajo hasta mediodía.
9 Tay tikchiwa?
Ajsi chikume horaj.
p. 41 · See in the dictionary: chikume
Translation (Spanish)
Llega a las siete.
10 Tay tikwa?
Niajsi chikume horaj.
p. 44 · See in the dictionary: chikume
Translation (Spanish)
Llego a las siete.
Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960)
52 occurrences
p. 47 · Nahuizalco
p. 48 · Nahuizalco
Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985)
2 occurrences
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
A los tres dias ka panutuk ne urakan wan kikwajtiwit ne chumpipi. walajket ume takamet wan se siwat kitemuat, kunij ajsiket ichan ne takat kaj kikutaminki por que yejemet poco mas o menos kimatiata katka kaj kikutamin.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ume
Translation
On the third day after the storm had passed and they had eaten the turkey, there came two men and a woman to look for it. They arrived at the house of the man who had caught it because they more or less already knew who had caught it.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Yaj propio ne chulet nechiwtuk kontar, yaja itukay Lorenso López kipiatuya ume ipilawan.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ume
Translation
The old man himself has told me this. His name was Lorenzo López. He had two sons.
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).