Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec

dying the wool

(Spanish) se está tiñendo el hilo

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

verb to buy

(Spanish) comprar

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

noun horse

(Spanish) caballo

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

(Spanish) elegir los hilos que vas a tejer

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

(Spanish) sembrar

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

(Spanish) estas poniendo el hilo en la lanzadera

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

(Spanish) se está encogiendo /cerrando el tapete

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

we are dyeing

(Spanish) estamos tiñiendo

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Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

it is filling (animal)

(Spanish) está llenando (animal)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

is serving (a drink)

(Spanish) está sirviendo (una bebida)

Speaker: Francisco Ruiz Gutierrez

(Spanish) estoy lavando el hilo

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

it is sewing

(Spanish) está cosiendo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

(Spanish) estoy tiñendo hilo

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

(Spanish) como crees

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

I can't believe it!/what!

(Spanish) como crees/no te creo!

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

(Spanish) voy a poner una marca del diseño que voy a tejer

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

suddenly

(Spanish) de repente

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

(Spanish) pizcar

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

(Spanish) riego

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

calenda (type of celebration)

(Spanish) calenda

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

a type of ceremonial parade

(Spanish) calenda

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

(Spanish) estoy levantando la urdimbre

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

you're stepping on the pedal loom

(Spanish) estas pisando el pedal

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

interrogative where

(Spanish) dónde

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

Where do you live?

(Spanish) ¿Dónde vives?

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernández

I am borrowing something

(Spanish) Estoy tomando prestado algo

Speaker: Lorenzo Sosa Pépez

(Spanish) jilguero

Speaker: Froylan Carreño Gutiérrez

talks negatively about, gossips about

(Spanish) hablar mal de, chismea de

Speaker: Jorge David Hernández Sosa

captain

(Spanish) capitán

Speaker: Juana Mendoza Martinez

noun dawn

(Spanish) amanecer

Speaker: Cristina Ruiz

load of

(Spanish) carga de

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

noun pomegranate

(Spanish) granada

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

pomegranate

(Spanish) granada

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

(Spanish) se está amarrando la urdimbre

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

you are stretching the warp

(Spanish) estás estirando la urdimbre

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

the warp is being stretched

(Spanish) se está estirando la urdimbre

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

(Spanish) deshierbar la milpa

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

(Spanish) estoy limpiando el tapete

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

(Spanish) empezar el tapete (apenas vas empezar)

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

(Spanish) pasar el hilo entre la urdimbre

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

(Spanish) estoy cortando el tapete

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

rolls up

(Spanish) enrolla

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernandez

baseball cap

(Spanish) gorra de béisbol

Speaker: CC

verb you are

(Spanish) estás

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

it’s earthquaking

(Spanish) esta temblando

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

(Spanish) arar

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

(Spanish) cosecha

Speaker: Romeo Bautista Zárate

(Spanish) estoy haciendo el canillo

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

I am making the skein [of wool]

(Spanish) estoy haciendo la madeja

Speaker: María Dolores Santiago Arellanes

(Spanish) estas haciendo la punta de la madeja

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

it is doing (animal)

(Spanish) está haciendo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

(Spanish) estas tejiendo en la silla (como de chiquito)

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

(Spanish) estas poniendo los hilos para el tapete

Speaker: Oscar Bautista Gonzáles

pulls up, lifts up

(Spanish) sube

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernandez

has no (non liquid object) in it

(Spanish) no tiene (obj. que no es líquido)

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernandez

verb I will hug

(Spanish) abrazaré

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

negation do not, does not

(Spanish) no

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

I won’t be long

(Spanish) no me tardo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

I won’t have enough meat.

(Spanish) No voy a alcanzar mi carne.

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

it’s not true (emphatic)

(Spanish) no es cierto (enfático)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

don’t wait for (instruction)

(Spanish) no te esperes

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

doesn’t work

(Spanish) no sirve

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

doesn’t work (emphatic)

(Spanish) no sirve (enfático)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

noun cheese

(Spanish) queso

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

I’m not okay

(Spanish) No estoy bien

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

unjust; unfair

(Spanish) injusto

Speaker: Cristina Ruiz

don’t accept

(Spanish) no aceptes

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

don’t bother me

(Spanish) no estes molestando

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

will not, will fail to

(Spanish) no (hará algo)

Speaker: Mariano Sosa Martinez

he is not here

(Spanish) no está (persona)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

not as much

(Spanish) no tanto

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

negation it is not here (of a thing)

(Spanish) no está / no hay (de una cosa)

Speaker: Ambrocio Gutiérrez

negation never

(Spanish) nunca

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

not anymore

(Spanish) ya no

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

(Spanish) sin nada más por el momento

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

negation nobody

(Spanish) nadie

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

you don’t care at all

(Spanish) no te importa

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

phrase I’m not saying anything

(Spanish) no estoy diciendo nada

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

without anything

(Spanish) con nada

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

it’s not good, it’s not nice

(Spanish) no está bueno, no es bonito

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

there isn’t anything (emphatic)

(Spanish) no hay nada (enfático)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

is no good, his/her father does not understand anything

(Spanish) no sirve. su papá no entiende nada.

Speaker: Francisco Ruiz Gutierrez

there is nothing

(Spanish) no hay nada

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

phrase I don’t feel like doing anything

(Spanish) no tengo ganas de nada

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

nothing (emphatic)

(Spanish) nada (enfático)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

phrase you’re welcome (colloquial)

(Spanish) de nada (coloquial)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

there’s nothing, there isn’t anything

(Spanish) no hay nada

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

no

(Spanish) no

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Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

phrase I didn’t hear what you said.

(Spanish) No escuché lo que dijiste.

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

be brave

(Spanish) ser valiente

Speaker: Natalia Carreño Hernández

I don’t know

(Spanish) No sé

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

phrase I don’t remember

(Spanish) no me acuerdo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

phrase I don’t understand what you’re saying

(Spanish) no entiendo lo que dices

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

verb disobey

(Spanish) desobedecer

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

don’t disturb

(Spanish) no estés molestando

Speaker: Zenón Pablo Gutiérrez

it is not expensive

(Spanish) no cuesta caro

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

not anymore, no more

(Spanish) ya no mas

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

you are going to pinch

(Spanish) vas a pellizar

Speaker: Lorenzo Sosa Pépez

possessed noun my head

(Spanish) mi cabeza

Speaker: Gario Ángeles

noun horizon

(Spanish) horizonte

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago