{"product_id":"brown-r-utz-awach-9780292714601","title":"Brown R Ütz awäch","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKaqchikel is one of approximately thirty Mayan languages spoken in Belize, Guatemala, Mexico, and, increasingly, the United States. Of the twenty-two Mayan languages spoken in Guatemala, Kaqchikel is one of the four \u003ci\u003emayoritarios\u003c\/i\u003e, those with the largest number of speakers. About half a million people living in the central highlands between Guatemala City and Lake Atitlán speak Kaqchikel. And because native Kaqchikel speakers are prominent in the field of Mayan linguistics, as well as in Mayan cultural activism generally, Kaqchikel has been adopted as a Mayan lingua franca in some circles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis innovative language-learning guide is designed to help students, scholars, and professionals in many fields who work with Kaqchikel speakers, in both Guatemala and the United States, quickly develop basic communication skills. The book will familiarize learners with the words, phrases, and structures used in daily communications, presented in as natural a way as possible, and \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Preface \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1. ¡Ütz apetik! \/ Welcome! \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e the Kaqchikel language; learning less-commonly taught languages; using this text; the alphabet \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2. ¿La ütz awäch? \/ How are you? \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e greetings, names, your town; personal and possessive pronouns, asking questions; Mayan names, Mayan towns, Kaqchikel communities today \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 3. Ri tijob'äl \/ The classroom \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e here and there, common activities, colors, descriptions, numbers 1-20; intransitive verbs, possessive pronouns, ordinal numbers, Mayan numerals, Mayan numbers today. \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4. Ri winaqi' \/ People \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e 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. \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 5. Ri ach'alal \/ The family \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e jobs and professions, parts of the house, events in the past; kinship terms, past tense, direct object pronouns, Mayan households, Kaqchikel families today. \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 6. Ri q'utu'n \/ Food \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e animals, fruits and vegetables, flavors, meals, likes and dislikes, plural animal names, describing flavors, expressing preferences, milpa farming today \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 7. ti k'aslemal \/ Life \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e the weather, morning and evening routines, household chores; reflexive verbs, relational nouns, market day \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 8. Kemchi' \/ Grammar Summary (Judith M. Maxwell) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 9. Choltzïj \/ Glossary (Walter E. Little) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Sources Cited and Further Reading \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Answer Key \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400850874711,"sku":"9780292714601","price":30.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292714601.jpg?v=1730471741","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/brown-r-utz-awach-9780292714601","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}