¿La ütz awäch?: Introduction to Kaqchikel Maya Language

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¿La ütz awäch? Introduction to Kaqchikel Maya Language Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii¡Ütz apetik! 1 Welcome! 1 the Kaqchikel language; learning less-commonly taught languages; using this text; the alphabet¿La ütz awäch? 2 How are you? 13 greetings, names, your town; personal and possessive pronouns, asking questions; Mayan names, Mayan towns, Kaqchikel communities today Ri tijob’äl 3 The classroom 23 here and there, common activities, colors, descriptions, numbers 1-20; intransitive verbs, possessive pronouns, ordinal numbers, Mayan numerals, Mayan numbers today. Ri winaqi’ 4 People 45 age and gender, common actions, clothing, body parts, whose is it?, under, over, etc., emotions and conditions; nouns plurals, transitive verbs, possessed nouns, relational nouns, expressing emotions, the backstrap loom. Ri ach’alal 5 The family 67 jobs and professions, parts of the house, events in the past; kinship terms, past tense, direct object pronouns, Mayan households, Kaqchikel families today. Ri q’utu’n 6 Food 91 animals, fruits and vegetables, flavors, meals, likes and dislikes, plural animal names, describing flavors, expressing preferences, milpa farming today Ri k’aslemal 7 Life 113 the weather, morning and evening routines, household chores; reflexive verbs, relational nouns, market day Kemchi’ 8 Grammar Summary 137 Judith M. Maxwell Choltzïj 9 Glossary 203 Walter E. Little Sources Cited and Further Reading 293 Answer Key 297 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...