{"id":1054,"date":"2012-03-12T03:40:31","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T08:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rachel-chapman\/?p=1054"},"modified":"2012-03-12T12:24:22","modified_gmt":"2012-03-12T17:24:22","slug":"from-katie-not-straight-talking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rachel-chapman\/2012\/03\/12\/from-katie-not-straight-talking\/","title":{"rendered":"From Katie: Not straight talking&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we continue to spend hours daily studying the Nahuatl language, it is fun to see things start to take shape and make sense.\u00a0 Several months ago I had written down \u201camomelahtaketsaliste\u201d as meaning \u201ca lie.\u201d\u00a0 We knew that the verb, to talk, is <em>&#8220;taketsa&#8221;<\/em> and <em>&#8220;amo&#8221;<\/em> means not.\u00a0 Then, a few weeks ago, while studying some adjectives, we came across the word <em>&#8220;melah<\/em>,&#8221; or straight.<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly, it became clear: a lie to the Nahuatl is \u201cnot straight talking.\u201d\u00a0 A perfect example of this kind of conversation comes from a young girl in another village.\u00a0 She gets on the radio and spreads fear and confusion about what it takes to please God.\u00a0 She tells the Nahuatl that they must dress in a different kind of clothes, perform certain dances so that it will rain, or stop using modern technology.\u00a0 If the people fail to comply, they are warned about wild animals that will eat them or bad things that will happen to their family members.\u00a0 We know that Satan has the Nahuatl trapped by his warped and twisted thinking.\u00a0 We also know that we have the \u201cstraight talk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please pray for God\u2019s protection on the Nahuatl people until they have his truth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1055\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1055\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rachel-chapman\/2012\/03\/12\/from-katie-not-straight-talking\/november-2011-441-lo-res\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1055\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1055\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rachel-chapman\/files\/2012\/03\/November-2011-441-lo-res.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rachel-chapman\/files\/2012\/03\/November-2011-441-lo-res.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rachel-chapman\/files\/2012\/03\/November-2011-441-lo-res-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rachel-chapman\/files\/2012\/03\/November-2011-441-lo-res-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nahuatl family - father, mother, and most of their kids<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we continue to spend hours daily studying the Nahuatl language, it is fun to see things start to take shape and make sense.\u00a0 Several months ago I had written down \u201camomelahtaketsaliste\u201d as meaning \u201ca lie.\u201d\u00a0 We knew that the verb, to talk, is &#8220;taketsa&#8221; 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