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Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku592Naja Ni Genaro73Achtu Taksalis11Timumachtikan!136El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos96The Pipil Language of El Salvador67

King, Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku (2012)

592 occurrences

Chapter 1

  • Ashkan tiu-tiktaliat tik ne kushtal ipal tikwikat pak ne kawayu pal tikwikat ka techan ne tawial pal tami tiksajsakat.

    p. 19

  • —Musta tiwitz ka nikan ipal mupupua ne et.

    p. 19

  • Nechnamakilia ka tzunti pesos ne kwawit.

    p. 19

Chapter 2

  • Keman nemia iujki se ikshichin, tikwiwitat iwan tal pal tiktukat ka senkak.

    p. 20

Chapter 3

  • Niajki senpa ka tayua.

    p. 25

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Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004)

73 occurrences

Kwak Naja Nichikitik

  • Nipejki niaw ka tamachtiluyan kwak nikpiatuya majtakti shiwit.

    p. 4

    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

    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.

  • Senpa nipejki niajsi ka ne tiupan San Antonio ne nitamachtia Nawataketza, tik ne kojtantechan San Ramón.

    p. 6

    Translation

    Senpa nipejki niajsi ka ne tiupan San Antonio ne nitamachtia Nawataketza, tik ne kojtantechan San Ramón. Ne palej kimakaket chupi tumin pal kinmaka ne tajtakamet pal kikuat abono ipal ne mil, wan né kishtij chupi pal nechtashtawa pal nitamachtia Nawat tik ne kojtantechan.

    Then I started going to San Antonio church, in San Ramón, where I taught Nawat language. The priest received money to distribute to the men to buy fertilizer for their fields, and from that he set aside a small amount to pay me for teaching Nawat there.

  • Ajsiket inat ka kimatitiwit ka ne tiupan kipia tay yejemet nejnemitiwit kitemuat.

    p. 6

    Translation

    Né ajsiket ne ipal Kulalmumachtiani. Ajsiket inat ka kimatitiwit ka ne tiupan kipia tay yejemet nejnemitiwit kitemuat. Kiunij inak ne Palej:

    One day some people came from the Students’ Circle. They said they had heard that the church had just what they had been looking for. The priest said:

  • —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.”

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Cárcamo et al., Achtu Taksalis (2023)

11 occurrences

Tamachtilis 3. Nikneki kukumutzin

  • Tiawikan ka tiankis pal tikuat!

Tamachtilis 4: Tiawikan ka tiankis!

  • Semaya tinejnemit makwil cuadraj kan kalaki ne tunal wan ume ka ajkuik.

Tamachtilis 7. Nimetzinhishmati

  • Kaj yejemet ka né?

Tamachtilis 10. Tay tikchiwat mujmusta

  • Melka nisa peyna, ka nawi horaj, nimuketza makwil horaj.

  • Tay horaj titakwa ka tapuyawa?

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King, Timumachtikan! (2011)

136 occurrences

5 Tay kichiwa?

  • Ká ini?

    p. 31

    Translation (Spanish)

    ¿Quién es esta?

  • Wan ká uni?

    p. 31

    Translation (Spanish)

    ¿Y quién es ese?

6 Tay kichiwat yejemet?

  • Ká nemi ka nikan?

    p. 33

    Translation (Spanish)

    ¿Quién está aquí?

  • Wan ká nemi ka ikuni?

    p. 33

    Translation (Spanish)

    ¿Y quién está allá?

  • Nemi ka nikan tik ne tenkal.

    p. 33

    Translation (Spanish)

    Está aquí en el patio.

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Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960)

96 occurrences

p. 47 · Nahuizalco

  • Ka techan.

    p. 47 · Nahuizalco

    Translation (Spanish)

    Para el pueblo

  • Ka kojtan.

    p. 47 · Nahuizalco

    Translation (Spanish)

    Para el monte

  • Ka nuchan.

    p. 47 · Nahuizalco

    Translation (Spanish)

    Para mi casa

p. 49 · Nahuizalco

  • Ka nemi ijtik tik ne kumit (sic)?

    p. 49 · Nahuizalco

    Translation (Spanish)

    Quién está sobre la olla?

  • Keshki kumit tikpia taja ka ne?

    p. 49 · Nahuizalco

    Translation (Spanish)

    Cuántas ollas tiene Ud. allá?

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Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985)

67 occurrences

Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976

  • Pero kenemej tesu mawiltia ka afuera, muchijki entristeser.

    Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976

    Translation

    But, since he didn't play outside, he became sad.

  • Kilwia ne inan ma tinakan ne reynaj; kilwia ne inan: Tiut tiyawit tipashaluat nepa ka kujtan Tiut tiawit aber su timuchiwa alegrar chupi.

    Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976

    Translation

    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."

  • Nepa ka se llanura, ajsiket chan se anciano, chan se shuretzin.

    Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976

    Translation

    There on the plain they arrived at an old man's house, a little old man.

  • Ne reynaj bidaj kimati ka kichijket atender.

    Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976

    Translation

    The queen felt good that he attended them.

  • Jaika (Yajika) ja (ka) tesu pajti.

    Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976

    Translation

    "So, he doesn't get better."

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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).