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Karla tyiE xkwaJ

Karla specialist meat\_vegetable.server.fiesta

‘Karla the Chef’

TqaA skwaK ngaJ neC

Celebration easter HAB:be now

‘It is the Easter celebration now’

QoE skaA noA-qanE lyuqH naE Karla, yqanE, qoE xaE-taA ntenB noE ntqanI kwaqF ndonG tqwaA nyaA nskwaF yjaJ

and one the.one-female little named Karla, mother:3sg and other people who/that PROG:going.around fiesta PROG:stand mouth:3sg comal PROG:flatten tortillas

‘It is the Easter celebration now and Karla, her mother, and the other women in the community are standing at the comal making tortillas.’

jiC-taE qaE yaqF kyqanJ yjaJ qoE skwaE ntykeqF ntqenJ chaqF klaJ ranF kuJ ndyaA ntenB noK ntqanI kwaqF

very emph particle many tortillas and soup PROG:cook PROG:be.exestential because pot:arrive.base it.inanimate POT:eat all people that PROG: going.around

‘They are cooking a lot of tortillas and food so there is enough to feed everyone who is participating in the fiesta.’

WraK-waK skaE tiC-qaE jyanA ntenB kiqanJ kuJ tlyaJ

time ones later POT:come.outside people crowd POT:eat lunch

‘A large group of people will come \[to Karlas house\] for lunch at one o'clock today.’

NiA skaA yaqA tiC jiH skwaB Karla reC skwanG kanqG-chaqF ndonG yqanE ndonG ntquE qinJ qwanE -nyaB qneK qinI ranF

Not one particle not yet POT:flatten.3SG Karla here dough that.is.why PROG:stand mother.3sg PROG:stand PROG:teach/show to.her how.to POT:do it it.inanimate

‘Karla has never made tortillas before, and that is why her mother is teaching her. This how you make them\[tortillas\]. Her mother said to her then’

NdeH tiJ nyaJ qneG qinA ranF NdywiqA yqanE qoE kanqH

This only how POT:do.2SG it it.inanimate HAB:say mother.3SG to then

‘\"Do it like this!\" Her mother said to her then.’

NtyqyaJ tiI nyaJ nqneE luqI Karla skwanA tuF-yaqC kanqH

Beautiful EMPH appear HAB:do ball Karla dough palm-hand.3SG then

‘The ball of dough Karla was making came out beautifully.’

jaA-noE ntykeqC yjaE janqG kwiqJ Karla kanqG qoE xaI-taG tqaG noA ntqanI kwaqF kanqG, ntqoE sqyuJ skwaA, knyaqF, qoE ndaH-jiF chaqF tyqwiJ ranJ loA skwaE tyqaA skwanG ndwaB loK kiqI ntykeqC qinE kanqH.

while PROG:cook tortilla those same Karla that.absent and other relative that PROG:going.around fiesta that.absent COMPL:leave COMPL:cut chayote chili and onion for POT:exist it.inanimate on soup water dough PROG:sit.elevated on fire PROG:cook to.her then

‘While the tortillas were cooking Karla and her other relatives who came to help cook for the fiesta began to chop chayote squash, chili peppers, and onions for the mole that is cooking on the fire.’

NdyiE tiA qneG skwaE janqG, riJ ngyaG yqwiI riqC chaqF laE skwaF yjaJ qinJ loA nyaI janqG janqH

COMPL:Finish EMPH COMPL:do soup that suddenly COMPL:go.base existential essence.3SG that Pref to.lay.elevated tortilla her.tortilla on comal that.absent then

‘Just as she was finishing preping the soup, she suddenly remembered that she left her tortillas on the comal.’

ChinA -chaqF waC nkinC yjaE qnyaJ neC inH, ngaJ tyeI janqH qyuH! laA skwanF yja qnyaJ neC, ntqoE nsqyaJ, Karla xnyaJ ngyaE qinA skwaJ nyaI janqA chaqF xlyuG- skwaF yjaJ qinJ janqH.

Maybe already COMPL:burn tortilla mine now interjection PROG:be chest.3SG then shoot prefix to.lay:1SG tortilla mine now COMPL:leave scream Karla HAB:run PROG:go.outside where to.lay.elevated comal that.absent to turn-around.elevated Tortilla POS then

‘I bet my my tortillas might have burnt already, she thought. Shoot! I left/abandoned my tortillas. She ran screaming to the comal to flip her tortillas.’

SqweF kaJ chaqJ jaE-noE ndyanI loA nyaI janqG waC ntqenE xaI-taA noA-qanE ntqenE nxlyuI yjaA ndwaJ loA nyaI kanqG tqaG-sqweF yqanE noA ndonG siqA nyaI janqG snyiA yaqC qoE kanqG ndywiqA qoE kanqH JaA kweI tiqE jaA taJ waG-reC chaqF skinJ yjaE ntyqyaJ noE qneI ndywiqA qoE kanqH.

Good EMPH that when COMPL:arrive.there.3SG on comal that.absent already PROG:exist other the.one-female PROG:exist PROG:turn tortilla to.lay.elevated on comal that.one.absent relative-friend.3SG mother the.ones PROG:stand side comal then COMPL:grab hand.3SG and then PROG:say to.her then Not POT:mince chest NEG POT:permit 1.exclusive to POT:burn tortilla beautiful that COMPL:make.2SG COMPL:say with then

‘The good thing is that when she arrived at the comal, there were other women who were flipping the tortillas on the comal. Her mother's friend took her hands and said to her *Don't worry.* *We would not let your beautiful tortillas burn.* They said to her then.’

neF Karla xiqH tloE kanqH chaqF jiC-taE qaE qyaF syeqF chaqF sqweF qaJ ntenB noK ngaJ ndyaA noA-qanE ntqanI kwaqF janqG kanqH

COMPL:wipe Karla tears face.3SG then because emphatic very particle happy because good very people the.one PROG:be all the.one-female PROG:going.around fiesta that.one then

‘She was so relieved that she wiped her tears away. Because the women who were in attendance at the feast were such wonderful people.’