
Release Date: December 8, 2006Studio: Touchstone Pictures Director: Mel Gibson Screenwriter: Mel Gibson, Farhad Safinia Genre: Action, Adventure MPAA Rating: R **** ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS: 1. PRODUCTION INFORMATION 2. ABOUT THE PRODUCTION 3. CASTING MAYA IN THE MODERN WORLD 4. LEARNING TO SPEAK YUCATEC MAYA 5. THE PRODUCTION OF APOCALYPTO 6. WHO WERE THE MAYA? 7. WHO WERE THE MAYA AND WHAT BECAME OF THEM? 8. TIMELINE OF THE MAYA 9. GLOSSARY OF MAYAN PHRASES APOCALYPTO
GLOSSARY OF MAYAN PHRASES
In Mayan: In waal ma’ saajakta. “We seek a new beginning.” (Fish Hunter to Jaguar Paw) In Mayan: Yan kaxtik tuumben chuunuj. “Our life is over.” In Mayan: Ak kuxtale’ ts’o’oki. “Our lands were ravaged.” (Fish Hunter) In Mayan: K-lu’uma p’ap’ay xoot ta’abi. “Fear is a disease. Strike it from your heart.” (Flint Sky to Jaguar Paw) In Mayan: Le saajkilo jump’eel k’oja’anil. Jo’os ta puksi’ik’al. “I saw a hole in the Man. Deep, like a hunger he will never fill.” In Mayan: Tene’ tin wilaj lu’ulumkabe yaan ti jump’eel noj jool tu puksi’ik’al. Jun’p’eel jool bey wi’ij mun xu’upule. “Go to the forest. Run. Do not look back.” In Mayan: Puuts’ ene’ex tu t’s’u noj k’aax. Ma’ sut ka wiche’ex. “Raise up your spirit. Believe you have strength.” In Mayan: Liik’sa wo’ol, tukle’e yaan a muuk’. “I am Jaguar Paw, son of Flint Sky. My father hunted this forest before me. My name is Jaguar Paw. I am a hunter. This is my forest. And my sons will hunt it with their sons after I am gone.” (Jaguar Paw) In Mayan: Tene’ J-Yich’ak, u yaalen J-Tuunich Ka’an. Leti’e’ ts’oonaj te’ ts’u noj k’aaxa’ taanil ti’ teen. In k’aaba’e’ J-Yich’ak. J-ts’oonaalen. Le noj k’aaxa’ in tial. In paalal yaan u ts’oono’ weye’ yeetel u paalalo’ob xan ken xi’iken. |
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