Lesson 14

Shopping for Food

Li ajom: Laa’in tintzol chan ru xpatz’b’al ut xsumenkileb’ li patz’om chirix jo’nimal xtz’aq li tzakemq.

Personal Study

Kawresi aawib’ re aatinak sa’ laa ch’uut rik’in xb’aanunkileb’ xb’een wa li kok’ k’anjel A toj E.

Study the Principle of Learning: You Are a Child of God

Laa’at jun ralal li Dios

I am a child of God with eternal potential and purpose.

Laa’in jun ralal li Dios ut wan lin junelikil wankilal ut ajom.

Laa’at jun xrab’in malaj ralal jun Choxahil Yuwa’b’ej aj rahonel. A’an tatxb’eresi. Rik’in lix tenq’ a’an, naru taab’aanu naab’al chik li na’leb’ chiru li tatruuq raj aajunes. Sa’ lix Hu laj Mormon, nokotzolok chirix jun saaj winq aj Nefi xk’ab’a’ li moqon kiwulak choq’ jun profeet ut aj jolominel sa’ xb’een lix tenamit. Li Dios kiraj xb’eresinkil laj Nefi ut lix junkab’al sa’ jun ak’il ch’och’. Li ch’och’ a’an wan junpak’al li nimla palaw, ut ki’ajman ru naq laj Nefi tixyiib’ jun jukub’. Maajun wa xyiib’ahom jun jukub’. Eb’ li ras ink’a’ ke’xpaab’ naq taaruuq chixyiib’ankil. Laj Nefi kixsik’ li Dios re xk’ulb’al xb’eresinkil.

Laj Nefi kixye reheb’ li ras, “Wi li [Dios] … kixkʼanjela xkʼihal li sachbʼa-chʼoolej aʼin saʼ xyanqebʼ li ralal xkʼajolebʼ li winq, kʼaʼ put ru naq inkʼaʼ naru chintzolbʼal, re tinyiibʼ jun li jukubʼ?” (1 Nefi 17:51).

Chi tenq’anb’il xb’aan li Dios, laj Nefi ut lix junkab’al ke’xyiib’ jun jukub’ ut ke’xq’ax ru li nimla palaw. Jo’ naq li Dios kixtenq’a laj Nefi, li Dios naraj aatenq’ankil laa’at. Naru nakattijok re xpatz’b’al aab’eresinkil. Naru nakattijok re xtawb’al ru ut xjultikankil li k’a’ru nakatzol. Naq yooqat chi tijok, k’e reetal li nakak’oxla ut li nakaweek’a. Toja’ naq tatk’anjelaq rik’in paab’aal. Naru nakab’aanu naab’al chik li na’leb’ rik’in lix tenq’ chiru li taab’aanu raj aajunes.

Ponder

• Chan ru naq laa b’e sa’ xtzolb’al li Ingles chanchan li seraq’ chirix laj Nefi naq kixyiib’ li jukub’?

• Naq yookat chixtzolb’al li Ingles, k’a’ru naru taapatz’ re li Dios naq tatxtenq’a wi’?

Memorize Vocabulary

Tzol li naraj naxye ut chan ru nayaab’asiman li junjunq chi aatin rub’elaj li ch’uut re aatinak. Yal xk’eeb’aleb’ kok’ tz’iib’ahom chiruheb’ li k’a’aq re ru sa’ laa wochoch re xjultikankileb’ aawe li aatin sa’ Ingles.

How much is this?

Jo’nimal xtz’aq a’in?

Price

one dollar	jun dolar
two dollars	wiib’ dolar

Chi’ilmanq xtiqb’al li aatin re xtawb’al xkomoneb’ chik li numbers ut li currency.

Nouns 1

bag	b’oolx
bowl	sek’
box	kaaxukuut
bunch	kuut
head	jolom
kilo	kilo
liter	litro
loaf	kaxlan wa
pound	libra

Nouns 2

lettuce	lechuga
milk	leech
rice	arroz

Nouns 3

apple/apples	manzana
carrot/carrots	zanahoria
mango/mangoes	mango
tomato/tomatoes	pix

Practice Pattern 1

Yal roksinkileb’ li eetalil toj reetal naq naru nakatpatz’ok ut nakatsumenk chi kaw aach’ool. Naru nakak’eheb’ li aatin li wankeb’ sa’ li raqal “Memorize Vocabulary” sa’ xna’ajeb’ li aatin wankeb’ xjuch’ chirub’eleb’.

Q: How much is a (noun 1) of (noun 2)?A: It’s (price) a (noun 1).

Questions

Answers

K’e reetal: Oksiheb’ li eetalil a’in rik’in li tzakemq li moko na’ajlaman ta.

Examples

Q: How much is a bag of rice?A: It’s three dollars a bag.

Q: How much is the lettuce?A: It’s one dollar a head.

Q: How much is the milk?A: It’s two dollars.

Practice Pattern 2

Yal roksinkileb’ li eetalil toj reetal naq naru nakatpatz’ok ut nakatsumenk chi kaw aach’ool. Yal xk’eeb’al reetaleb’ li eetalil a’in naq yookat chiroksinkil li Ingles wulaj wulaj.

Q: How much are these (noun 3)?A: They’re (price) a (noun 1).

Questions

Answers

K’e reetal: Oksiheb’ li eetalil a’in rik’in li tzakemq li na’ajlaman.

Examples

Q: How much are these tomatoes?A: They’re two dollars a pound.

Q: How much are those carrots?A: They’re three dollars a bunch.

Q: How much is this mango?A: It’s one dollar.

Use the Patterns

Tz’iib’a kaahib’eb’ li patz’om naru nakawoksi. Tz’iib’a xsumenkil li junjunq chi patz’om. Yaab’asiheb’.

Additional Activities

B’aanu li junjunq chi k’anjel ut tz’ilok-ix sa’ internet sa’ englishconnect.org/learner/resources malaj sa’ li Hu re tzolok re EnglishConnect 2.

Act in Faith to Practice English Daily

Maakanab’ roksinkil li Ingles wulaj wulaj. Oksi laa “Tusleb’aal re xtz’ilb’al rix laa tzolb’al.” Tz’il rix laa meta re tzolok ut lix yalb’al aaq’e chixb’aanunkil.

Conversation Group

Discuss the Principle of Learning: You Are a Child of God

(20–30 minutes)

• Yaab’asi li na’leb’ re tzolok re li tzolok a’in.

• Aatinan chirixeb’ li patz’om.

Activity 1: Practice the Patterns

(10–15 minutes)

Tz’il rix xtusulaleb’ li aatin rik’in jun laa wochb’een.

Yal roksinkil li eetalil 1 rik’in jun laa wochb’een.

• Yal patz’ok.

• Yal xsumenkileb’ li patz’om.

• Yal aatinak, ut taawoksiheb’ li eetalil.

B’aanu wi’chik rik’in li eetalil 2.

Activity 2: Create Your Own Sentences

(10–15 minutes)

Ileb’ li jalam-uuch. Patz’on ut sumeheb’ li patz’om chirix lix tz’aq li tzakemaq b’ar wi’ wankat. K’ehomaq eehoonal chixb’aanunkil a’an.

New Vocabulary

fish	kar
flour	hariin

banana/bananas	tul
egg/eggs	mol

Example

• A: How much is the milk?

• B: It’s three dollars a liter.

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Activity 3: Create Your Own Conversations

(15–20 minutes)

K’utb’esi li eetalil. Kristiaan A a’an yoo chi loq’ok. Kristiaan B naxk’ayi li tzakemq sa’ li k’ayiil. Kristiaan A wan 25 dolar re. Kristiaan B naxsik’ ru xtz’aq li tzakemq ut naxk’ayi. Patz’on ut sumeheb’ li patz’om chirix li tzakemq sa’ li junjunq chi jalam-uuch. Jal ani nasik’ok ut ani napatz’ok, ut b’aanu wi’chik.

New Vocabulary

I want two bunches.	Wiib’ kuut nawaj.
That’s two dollars.	A’an wiib’ dolar.

bread	kaxlan wa
cheese	kees
meat	tib’

Example

a bunch

• A: Excuse me. How much is a bunch of carrots?

• B: They’re one dollar a bunch.

• A: OK. I want two bunches.

• B: That’s two dollars.

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a bag

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a pound

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a kilo

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a head

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a loaf

Evaluate

(5–10 minutes)

Tz’il rix li ak xab’aanu re xtz’aqob’resinkileb’ ru li ajom ut lix yalb’al aaq’e chiroksinkil li Ingles wulaj wulaj.

Evaluate Your Progress

I can:

• Talk about shopping for food.

  Aatinak chirix xloq’b’al li tzakemq.

  

• Ask how much something costs.

  Xpatz’b’al jo’nimal xtz’aq.

  

• Say how much something costs.

  Xyeeb’al jo’nimal xtz’aq.

  

Evaluate Your Efforts

Tz’il rix lix yalb’al aaq’e sa’:

1. Xtzolb’al li na’leb’ re tzolok.

2. Xtzolb’al sa’ aach’ool eb’ li aatin.

3. Xyalb’al roksinkileb’ li eetalil.

4. Roksinkil li Ingles wulaj wulaj.

K’e jun li meta. K’oxla roksinkileb’ li na’leb’ sa’ Li naru nab’aanuman re tzolok li wankeb’ sa’ li “Tusleb’aal re xtz’ilb’al rix laa tzolb’al.”

Wotz laa meta rik’in jun laa wochb’een.

Act in Faith to Practice English Daily

”Li Qaawa’ naxnaw aawu ut nakatxra. … A’an tatxb’eresi ut tixk’am aab’e sa’ laa yu’am, wi taak’e xhoonal a’an sa’ laa yu’am—wulaj wulaj” (Russell M. Nelson, “K’e xhoonal li Qaawa’,” Jolomil ch’utub’aj-ib’ re octubre 2021).