Spoken Yucatec Maya

What would you say?

1. Someone asks you how you like it here. He says:
   1. Bix a beel.
   2. Bix a wilik le wayaʾ.
   3. Bix a kʾaabaʾ a wíitsʾin.
2. You reply that you like it very much. You say:
   1. Tooj in wóol.
   2. Jach kiʾimak in wóol.
   3. Seen uts tin wich.
3. He asks whether it seems different to you:
   1. Jatsʾuts wáa a wilik.
   2. Jelaʾan wáa in wilik.
   3. Jelaʾan a wilik.
4. You reply that it seems a bit strange:
   1. Oliʾ chan jelaʾan.
   2. Chéen un pʾíit in wojeliʾ.
   3. Jach jelaʾan in wilik.
5. He asks if your brother knows Maya, too:
   1. A wojel mayaʾ tʾaan xan.
   2. U yojel maya a sukuʾun xan.
   3. Yojeloʾob maya a wíitsʾinoʾob xan.
6. You reply that he understands a little:
   1. In kʾajóol letiʾ.
   2. Ku chan naʾatik un pʾíitiʾ.
   3. Ka chan naʾatik un pʾíitiʾ.
7. He asks you to repeat. He says:
   1. Meent uts a kaʾa aʾalik.
   2. Maʾ tin wuʾuyaj tu beeliʾ.
   3. Maʾ tin naʾatik.
8. You say you didn't quite hear what he said:
   1. Maʾ tin naʾatik a tʾaan.
   2. Maʾ tin naʾatiʾ.
   3. Maʾ tin wuʾuyaj tu beeliʾ.
9. He asks how the Indian tongue sounds to you:
   1. Bix a wuʾuyik le máasewáal tʾaanaʾ.
   2. Bix a wilik le máasewáal tʾaanaʾ.
   3. Bix u yuʾubik le máasewáal tʾaanaʾ.
10. You say it sounds nice:
    1. Jelaʾan in wilik.
    2. Jatsʾuts in wilik.
    3. Jatsʾuts in wuʾuyik.
11. He asks how many languages you know:
    1. Jay pʾéel tʾaan a wojel.
    2. Jay túul máak a kʾajóol.
    3. Jay péel tʾaan u yojel.
12. You say you only know three:
    1. Chéen kaʾa pʾéel.
    2. Chéen óox túul.
    3. Chéen óox pʾéel.
13. He indicates someone at a distance and asks who she is:
    1. Máax leloʾ.
    2. Máax lelaʾ.
    3. Máax le máakaʾ.
14. You reply that it is your older sister:
    1. Leloʾ in kiik.
    2. Leloʾ kʾíiwik.
    3. Leloʾ in sukuʾun.
15. He asks what her name is:
    1. Jach kiʾichpam.
    2. Seen uts tin wich.
    3. Bix u kʾaabaʾ.
16. You say her name is Luisa:
    1. Luisa u kʾaabaʾ.
    2. Luisa in kʾaabaʾ.
    3. Luisa u kʾaabaʾ.
17. He asks Luisa to come:
    1. Meent uts a kaʾa aʾalik Luisa.
    2. Koʾoten wayeʾ, Luisa.
    3. Ka xiʾik teech utsil, Luisa.
18. You say she didn't hear:
    1. Maʾ tin wuʾuyiʾ.
    2. Maʾ tu naʾatik a tʾaan.
    3. Maʾ t yuʾubiʾ.

How would you say it?

1. How do you like it here?
2. Does it look a bit strange to you?
3. How does Maya sound to you?
4. Does it sound nice?
5. I like it.
6. I didn't hear it right.
7. Did you hear it right?
8. We heard it, didn't we?
9. There are four of us.
10. There are two of us.
11. I didn't see much.
12. We didn't see much.
13. You didn't see much.
14. You saw a lot, didn't you?
15. Did you see much?
16. Where did you learn it?
17. Where did she learn it?
18. She learned it in Mexico.
19. We learned it in Yucatan.

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