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Nahuatl Tlahtolkalli Lesson 9

Nahuatl Lesson 9.

Vocabulary	Translation
Motlahtlaihtlani	beggar, one who seeks alms
Ihcuac (Ikin)	when (non-interrogative), then
Tlaxcalli	tortilla, bread
Tlaxcaltipitz = tortillas duras (hard tortillas for tostadas)
Tomini	*money
Tocaitl	name, reputation
Cencahui	it ends, terminates

Ni-	I (Subject Prefix for Verbs & Nouns)
Ti-	You, We (Subject Prefix for Verbs & Nouns)
Am- (An-)	You All (Subject Prefix for Verbs & Nouns)

Nemi	to live
Nemiliztli	life
Icniuhtli	Friend, sibling, brother, sister

* Money did not exist in Nahua societies but instead we had an extensive network trade system. As Nahuatl is an evolving language, the current speakers have words for objects in modern society.
Grammar Rule No.25
The following are subject prefixes that are used in conjunction with verbs as well as nouns:

Ni- = I
Ti- = you
Ti- = we
An- or Am- = you all (plural)

*note: The "i" in "ni" or "ti" is dropped when subject nouns begin with vowels (SEE NAHUATL SUPPLEMENT 1 OF YOUR CLASS NOTES)

Examples:

Conjunction with the verb NEMI (she, he, it lives)

Ninemi = I live
Tinemi = You live
Nemi = It/She/He lives
Tinemih = We live
Annemih = You all (plural) live
Nemih = They live

Conjunction with the verb CAH (she, he, it is)

NiCah = I am
TiCah = You are
Cah = It/She/He is
Ticateh = We are
Ancateh = You all (plural) are
Cateh = They are

Exercises:

a) Nahuatl - to - English

Canin cah nocal?
Where is my house?
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Nican cateh namoxtin.
Here are my books.
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Nonantzin: Kanin cah moxochimeh iuan necah tomini?
My dear mother: Where are your flowers and that money?
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Miakeh cihuantoton nemih cualli nemiliztli.
Many girls live a good life.
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Canin cateh necaceh tlaxcaltin?
Where are those tortillas?

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b) English - to - Nahuatl

Five vultures end their lives here.
Macuilli Cozcacuauhtin cencahuih imnemih nican.
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Her good name is Shining Star.
Cualli itoca cah Tonalmeyyotl Citlalli.
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Where are your fathers and their friends?
Canin cateh motahhuan iuan imicniuhhuan?
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Fifteen rabbits are living here.
Kaxtollin tochtin nemih nican.
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Three jaguars and nine monkeys are living here.
Yei ocelomeh iuan chicnahui ozomahtin cateh nemih nican.
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c) Nahuatl - to - English

Tehhuan, tinemih nican.
As for you, you live here.
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Yehhuatl, choca tonalli.
As for her, she cries today.
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Nocihuanton iuan nopilantoton cateh ahmo nemih nican.
My girl and my boy do not live here.
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Inin itzcuintli, amonemih, iuan nekakeh malinaltin.
This dog, your (all's) lives, and those grasses.
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Inon xochimeh cateh nican iuan mocal cah necah cente..
These flowers are here and your house is that one.
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Neh, Ninemi notoca cah Yohualehecatl
As for myself, my name is Night Wind.
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d) Memorize the conjunctions of the verbs KAH and NEMI

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