Our best Nahuatl so far…

To kinda give you an idea of what we know so far, I’ll let you listen in on a conversation my co-workers and I had with one of our friends…

We spoke in Spanish, Nahuatl, and English.

Here’s how it went…

My co-workers and me:

Our Nahuatl friend:

Hi!  How are you?

I’m fine.

Come in.  Child, go get some chairs.

Sit down.

What have you been up to?

Nothing much.

What have you been up to?

I am teaching. (home-schooling Josiah)

What else can we say?  Eat!

I eat. Sleep!  How do you say sleep again?

We slep.  No.  We seep.  No, we sleep!

You all sleep together?  or separately?

SEPARATELY!!

If you sleep together, you say “We sleep (together.)”

If you sleep by yourself, you say “We sleep (apart.)”

That’s a huge difference!  We need to learn that!

Can I record you?

We sleep (together.) We sleep (apart.)

I bathed really early this morning.  The water was freezing!  Cold water.

Do you say cold water or water cold?

Water cold.

That’s what I thought!

Your pig is really big!  Big pig.

Here’s some corn from our garden.

How much?

Nothing. It’s a gift.

Thank you.

Well, we’re going now.

Go ahead!

See you later.

I’m waiting here for your return.