I found this adorable post:
https://www.adventures-mexico.com/12-mayan-words-you-need-to-learn-before-going-to-yucatan/
And this one has phrases in Mayan!!!
https://yucatanliving.com/culture/mayan-language-for-beginners-2
Bix a beel? Beesh-uh-bell
Formal: How are you?
General Reply: Ma’alob. Mah ah-low(b)
I’m good!
General Reply: Ma’alobi. Mah ah-low-bee
I’m Very good!
Bax ka’wali?Bah-sch kah wah-lee
Informal: How are you?
Specific Reply: Mix ba. Meesh bah
I’m good.
Bix anikech? Beesh ahneekehsh
Informal: How are you?
General Reply: Uts. Ooots
I’m good.
General Reply: Utsil. Oootseal
I’m very good!
Na’Nah: Leti’ na’. Leh-tee nah
She is a mother
Teen na’en. Tehn nah ehn
I am a Mother
Teech na’ech. Tehhch nah ech
You are mother
Te’ex na’ex. Teh-esh nah esh
Ya’wl are mothers
Ma’alob, kux tu’un teech? Mah ah-loh, koosh too oohn tehhch?
Formal: Good, and you?
Ma’alob, kux teech? Mah ah-loh, koosh tehch?Less Formal: Good, and you?
Mix ba, kux teech? Meesh bah, koosh tehch?
Less Formal: Good, and you?
Ma’ax a k’ aaba’ **Mah ahsh ah kaah-bah Formal: What’s your name?
Bix a k’ aaba’ **Beesh ah kaah-bah
Informal: What’s your name?
Reply: In k’aaba’e… (Melody)
**Eeen kaah-bah eh…My name is (Melody)
Tu’ux siijech? Too oosh seehech
Where were you born?
Reply: Siija’anen tu kaajil Tho - Seeha anehn too kaah heel America
I’m from America.
Tene' Estados Unidos in taal.
As for me, I'm from the Unites States.
Continued Reply: Kux teech? Koosh tehch?
And you?
Yaan wa’a a paalal? Yaaahn wah ah ah paahlahl Do you have children?
Reply: Bey, yaan in paalal. Bay, yaaahn eeehn paahlahl
Yes, I have children.
Tu’ux ka meyaj? Too oosh kah may-yah
Where do you work?
Reply: Kin meyaj ti’ Oregon - Keen may-yah ti Oregon.
I work in Oregon.
Hint: "Bey" does not mean yes. It appears that the sometimes enigmatic Maya do not have a word for yes, but they will answer in the affirmative, as in “I heard you”.
Ni’bo’olal. Nee boo ooh lahl.
Thank you.
in kaa tech
"I love you"
Ma’ uts tin taan. Mah! ooots teen taahn.
I don’t like that.
Ma’ ts’u’u’uts’. Mah! ts ooh ooh oohts!
No Smoking or No Kissing!
Dios bootik. Dee-ohs booh teek.
God go with you.
Yu’um bootik. Yoo oohm booh teek.
(Mayan) God go with you.
Ma’alob xi teech yeetel utsil. Mah ah-loh she teehch yehtehl ootseal.
Bye bye!
A final tip: the Mayan Language is not standardized, and each pueblo has some of it’s own ways of saying things, so if “Bix a beel“ (beesh-uh-bell) draws only blank stares, shift to “Bax ka’wali“ (Bah-sch kah wah-lee ) but be ready for their “Ma’alob, Kux teech?” (Mah ah-loh, Koosh tehhch?)
And this one has phrases in Mayan!!!
https://yucatanliving.com/culture/mayan-language-for-beginners-2
Bix a beel? Beesh-uh-bell
Formal: How are you?
General Reply: Ma’alob. Mah ah-low(b)
I’m good!
General Reply: Ma’alobi. Mah ah-low-bee
I’m Very good!
Bax ka’wali?Bah-sch kah wah-lee
Informal: How are you?
Specific Reply: Mix ba. Meesh bah
I’m good.
Bix anikech? Beesh ahneekehsh
Informal: How are you?
General Reply: Uts. Ooots
I’m good.
General Reply: Utsil. Oootseal
I’m very good!
Na’Nah: Leti’ na’. Leh-tee nah
She is a mother
Teen na’en. Tehn nah ehn
I am a Mother
Teech na’ech. Tehhch nah ech
You are mother
Te’ex na’ex. Teh-esh nah esh
Ya’wl are mothers
Ma’alob, kux tu’un teech? Mah ah-loh, koosh too oohn tehhch?
Formal: Good, and you?
Ma’alob, kux teech? Mah ah-loh, koosh tehch?Less Formal: Good, and you?
Mix ba, kux teech? Meesh bah, koosh tehch?
Less Formal: Good, and you?
Ma’ax a k’ aaba’ **Mah ahsh ah kaah-bah Formal: What’s your name?
Bix a k’ aaba’ **Beesh ah kaah-bah
Informal: What’s your name?
Reply: In k’aaba’e… (Melody)
**Eeen kaah-bah eh…My name is (Melody)
Tu’ux siijech? Too oosh seehech
Where were you born?
Reply: Siija’anen tu kaajil Tho - Seeha anehn too kaah heel America
I’m from America.
Tene' Estados Unidos in taal.
As for me, I'm from the Unites States.
Continued Reply: Kux teech? Koosh tehch?
And you?
Yaan wa’a a paalal? Yaaahn wah ah ah paahlahl Do you have children?
Reply: Bey, yaan in paalal. Bay, yaaahn eeehn paahlahl
Yes, I have children.
Tu’ux ka meyaj? Too oosh kah may-yah
Where do you work?
Reply: Kin meyaj ti’ Oregon - Keen may-yah ti Oregon.
I work in Oregon.
Hint: "Bey" does not mean yes. It appears that the sometimes enigmatic Maya do not have a word for yes, but they will answer in the affirmative, as in “I heard you”.
Ni’bo’olal. Nee boo ooh lahl.
Thank you.
in kaa tech
"I love you"
Ma’ uts tin taan. Mah! ooots teen taahn.
I don’t like that.
Ma’ ts’u’u’uts’. Mah! ts ooh ooh oohts!
No Smoking or No Kissing!
Dios bootik. Dee-ohs booh teek.
God go with you.
Yu’um bootik. Yoo oohm booh teek.
(Mayan) God go with you.
Ma’alob xi teech yeetel utsil. Mah ah-loh she teehch yehtehl ootseal.
Bye bye!
A final tip: the Mayan Language is not standardized, and each pueblo has some of it’s own ways of saying things, so if “Bix a beel“ (beesh-uh-bell) draws only blank stares, shift to “Bax ka’wali“ (Bah-sch kah wah-lee ) but be ready for their “Ma’alob, Kux teech?” (Mah ah-loh, Koosh tehhch?)
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