Nahuatl Rules Flashcards
I am eating
(Na) Nitlakwa
I am drinking
(Na) Nitlaoni
I am sleeping
(Na) Nikochi
I am running
(Na) Nimotlaloa
Add “ni” in front of a word as a prefix to say that “I am doing _____.” You can also add “ni” in front of a word to say “I am _____”
Examples: Nehnemi=Walk and Ninehnemi=I am walking
Tlakatl=Man and Nitlakatl=I am a man
True
Drink (Telling someone to do action)
Xitlaoni
Eat (Telling someone to do action)
Xitlakwa
Sleep (Telling someone to do action)
Xikochi
Run (Telling someone to do action)
Ximotlalo
Walk (Telling someone to do action)
Xinehnemi
Add “Xi” in front of a word as a prefix to “Tell someone to do certain action.” For words that end in “ia” or “oa”, you will take out the “a” at the end when using “Xi”
Examples: Motlaloa would be changed to Ximotlalo because it ends in “oa”
Tlaxkaloa>Xitlaxkalo
Motekipachoa>Ximotekipacho
Mosewia>Ximosewi
True
Drink (Telling multiple people to do action)
Xitlaonikan
Eat (Telling multiple people to do action)
Xitlakwakan
Sleep (Telling multiple people to do action)
Xikochikan
Run (Telling multiple people to do action)
Ximotlalokan
Walk (Telling multiple people to do action)
Xinehnemikan
Add “kan” at the end of word when telling multiple people to do an action.
Examples: Telling one person to go to sleep=Xikochi
Telling multiple people to go to sleep=Xikochikan
Telling one person to run=Ximotlalo
Telling multiple people to run=Ximotlalokan
True
