In this lesson we introduce a number of colloquial phrases that will be useful in the classroom. Unless working with a native speaker instructor, we recommend you skip this lesson for now and return to it after finishing lesson 10.
HELPFUL PHRASES FOR THE CLASSROOM
| K’o jun nuk’otoj chi’aj. | I have a question. |
| La k’o jun k’otoj chi’aj? | Is there a question? |
| La k’o jun na kak’oxomaj taj? | Is there something you don’t understand? |
| La k’o na kik’oxomaj taj? | Is there something you all don’t understand? |
| La k’o tzij na kik’oxomaj taj? | Is there any word you all don’t understand? |
| Na kink’oxomaj taj jas karaj kub’ij… | I don’t understand what …. means. |
| Na kink’oxomaj taj jas che…? | I don’t understand why… |
| Na kink’oxomaj taj. Jas che kab’e le jun tzij…? | I don’t understand. Why does the word … go here? |
| Xinsachik. | I got lost. I made a mistake. |
| Xinsach che le uwokik le tzij. | I made a mistake constructing the word. |
| Xsachan le tzij chwe. | I forgot that word. |
| Xsachan chwe. | I forgot. I can’t remember. |
| Na weta’m taj. | I don’t know |
| Jas ub’ixik ….? | How do you say…? |
| Jas ub’ixik …. pa K’iche’? | How do you say… in K’iche’? |
| Jas karaj kub’ij….? | What does… mean? |
| Jas upatan le tzij…? | What’s the function of the word…? |
| La utz we kinb’ij….? | Is it ok to say…? |
| Nutom le tzij… | I have heard the word… |
| Na nutom ta la’ le tzij … | I have not heard the word… |