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Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku257Naja Ni Genaro17Achtu Taksalis8Timumachtikan!81El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos27The Pipil Language of El Salvador32
King, Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku (2012)
257 occurrences
Chapter 2
Yaja ne iayu ne chil pal titakwat ajwiak.
p. 23
Ne chil istak, yaja ajwiak.
p. 23
Chapter 4
Kwakuni inak yaja:
p. 26
Chapter 5
Yawit miak iwan yaja.
p. 28
Chapter 6
San mulina ne ishulejyu, nemá nemi yaja pachiwia pal-te kiajkawa.
p. 30
Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004)
17 occurrences
Nitamachtia Nawat
—Kia, nikan tikpiat se tuikaw ka yaja weli taketza Nawat.
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.”
Nikpalewia Ne Nawataketzalis
Nusan Carlos, melka yaja techanchanej, pero uksan mumachtia Nawataketza.
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
Wan kunij nechnutzket, wan naja niajki nitaketza iwan, wan yaja nechilwij:
p. 10
Translation
So they called me over and I went to talk to him, and he said to me:
Ne Takat Brujoj
Kwak yaja kinekituya mukwepa asumati, mukwepa.
p. 34
Translation
Kwak yaja kinekituya mukwepa asumati, mukwepa. Mukwepa maya kwak yaja kineki tamutia.
He could turn into a monkey whenever he wanted to. He only did so when he wanted to give someone a fright.
Mukwepa maya kwak yaja kineki tamutia.
p. 34
Translation
Kwak yaja kinekituya mukwepa asumati, mukwepa. Mukwepa maya kwak yaja kineki tamutia.
He could turn into a monkey whenever he wanted to. He only did so when he wanted to give someone a fright.
Cárcamo et al., Achtu Taksalis (2023)
8 occurrences
Tamachtilis 6. Numiyekawan
Nunan, yaja itukay María.
Tamachtilis 7. Nimetzinhishmati
Uni lamachin siwat, yaja nunoya Juana, wan ini chulét takat, yaja nutatanoy Pedro.
Tamachtilis 8. Itekitilis.
Yaja tekiti tik ne mil.
Yaja tanamakani tik ne tiankis tik Sentzunhat.
Tamachtilis 13. Kaj kichiwa chilmul?
Yaja metzmaka chilmul.
King, Timumachtikan! (2011)
81 occurrences
2 Ken mutukay?
Yaja itukay Fernando.
p. 21
Translation (Spanish)
Él se llama Fernando.
3 Ini ne tamachtiani
Yaja se siwat.
p. 23
Translation (Spanish)
Ella es una mujer.
Yaja se takat.
p. 23
Translation (Spanish)
Él es un hombre.
5 Tay kichiwa?
Yaja mutalua tik ne ujti.
p. 31
Translation (Spanish)
Él corre en la calle.
6 Tay kichiwat yejemet?
Yaja tekiti tik ne tenkal.
p. 33
Translation (Spanish)
Ella trabaja en el patio.
Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960)
27 occurrences
p. 47 · Nahuizalco
Yaja mawiltia.
p. 47 · Nahuizalco
Translation (Spanish)
El juega
p. 48 · Nahuizalco
Yaja kipia se kuyamet.
p. 48 · Nahuizalco
Translation (Spanish)
Ella tiene un cerdo
Yaja kipia ume ikshi.
p. 48 · Nahuizalco
Translation (Spanish)
El tiene dos pies
p. 51 · Nahuizalco
Yaja kipia ume imey.
p. 51 · Nahuizalco
Translation (Spanish)
El tiene dos manos
Yaja kipia ume ijikshi, ume iyak, ume tenshipal, ume ijishchin iwan ume kajkamachin.
p. 51 · Nahuizalco
Translation (Spanish)
El tiene dos pies, dos narices, dos labios, dos orejas y dos carrillitos
Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985)
32 occurrences
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Ne piltzintzin kenemej takata, yaja nakak de rey.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The little boy, since now he was a man, became the king, he became king.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Yaja kitajtan se konsejoj wan kimakaket, kimakat se konsejoj.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
He asked for advice and it was given to him, they gave him advice.
Al fin de tanto, wakik ne masat, wan yaja, ne tzuntekumat, yawia miki ka iseltzin tik ne kebrada.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Finally the deer dried up and she, the skull, was going to die all alone there in the canyon.
Yawi ne Tantepuslamat, ja yaja inan, ne brujaj Tantepuslamat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The witch (the "iron-toothed-old-woman") came. It's she who is her mother, the witch "iron-toothed-old-woman".
Kinilwia ne Nanawatzin, se chimpe: Shinechwikakan ne idamuj nulama, yaja ja kikwa ne takwal.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Kinilwia ne Nanawatzin, se chimpe: Shinechwikakan ne idamuj nulama, yaja ja kikwa ne takwal. Pwes shinechwikakan.
The Nanahuatzin, the youngest child, said to them, "take me; my grandmother's fellow, he's the one who eats the food; so take me!".
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).