Speaking Maya about Mayan Food, Learn Maya

Two Mayas (who live in Salinas, California) talking about what they are eating. Only those foods native to Yucatan have Maya names. The rest of the names are Spanish. Here are the names most frequently mentioned: bu'ul = beans; wah = tortilla; p'ak = tomato; buk' = meat; oon = avocado. Also, k'i = tasty. The guy on the left makes a bilingual joke by saying "Don k'i" which intentionally sounds like "donkey" (burro) but also translates using a mix of Maya and Spanish to mean "Mr. Tasty." He also mentions that a another similar word, "ki'e" or "kip" means candle.

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[AkbalChicchan]

NP4MAYANS, teen kanik'e tsib maya ummas waye. teen tsibkal yete jun k'oo laak nuup ich yucatan. leti' tankelem kuxtal valladolid, beeyob bexaan kaanbalen Ingles t'aan.

.Yo vivia en yucatan merida, when i used to live over there, i knew some phraces, words, but i wanted to learn more. tumen in chich t'aanik maya. behora, teen kuxtal anaheim. :] Salinas ma'alob kuuchil?

kimak a wool in kaj olkiteech. uts. buen video tambien. very educational.

[NP4Mayans]

@AkbalChicchan ...Tech kahaanech ti Anaheim?? Ko'ox Disneyland! Chen ten ba'axal. Pero yaan ten oxtu'ul sobrinos tebanda (Los Angeles) yetel ken tin bin telo xiimbaltik in sobrino'ob, ta'ak in maan bexaan a wotoch. I hope you understand this. I will send you a private message with contact information.

[AkbalChicchan]

beeyob.. teen kuxtal ich anaheim. jeje disneyland? xD yan waa oxtu'ul sobrinos? cool. y te gusta ir a caminar. that place is nice to go with family ahi tambien. Tuux a sijin'eech? beeyob, teen ch'a' un'uk. ma'tuklik.. chen tin xo'ok jun'pel diccionario. tuu laka. bey tin kaanbal maya bel'hae. :] ka'axiiteech. kanantabaj

[NP4Mayans]

@AkbalChicchan ...Sijen ich Filadelfia, Pennsylvania una'ats ti Nueva York. Uts tin wich ulaak t'aano'obe, tu betaj, bexan kanik le maaya t'aano oxpe'el ja'ab (desda Enero, 2007) Ka xi'ik tech utsil, amigo.

[ScarfaceJacket]

That was a simple yet very impressive joke. It was fricken trilingual! Anyway, I love Maya, I wish I could speak it fluently. What's a good source of text to learn the language for a beginner?

[NP4Mayans]

@ScarfaceJacket ...Try searching the web for Yucateco Mayan-Spanish web sites. Also, the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, NC has a summer course and web pages.

[teresayfelex]

MI RAZA!

[RawbertDestruct]

Looks like Frijol con puerco.

That shit rules, my parents are yucatecos.

[broncos429]

@broncos429 my bad how can i forget salbutes one of my favorites. and frijol colado and frijol kabash

[RawbertDestruct]

@broncos429 Haha can't forget about salbutes man, kibis is lebanese food, there's lots of people in Merida with lebanese ancestry..

[broncos429]

@RawbertDestruct fuk yeah dude mayan food is good like kibis, frijol con puerco, cochinita, panuchos, and everything else. when i go to euan for vacation i eat everything and always end up getting tirishta

[MetalBassjunkie420]

@RawbertDestruct Frijol is good, but I can't stand puerco.

[NP4Mayans]

@AkbalChicchan Tu'ux ta kaanaj tsib le maaya t'aano? Mexiko? Bix uk'aaba a kajal t'uux sijech ich Yucatan? Bexaan, t'uux kajaanech waye ich California? Tene, kajaanen ich Monterey, California u na'ats ti Salinas.