Tlacochahuaya Zapotec

It is drying

(Spanish) Se está secando

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

I am washing

(Spanish) Estoy lavando

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

In love, "I am putting my eye on you"

(Spanish) enamorado, "Estoy mirándote"

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

In love, lit. "I am putting my eye on you"

(Spanish) enamorado, lit. "Estoy mirandote

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

In love, lit. "I am putting my eye on you"

(Spanish) enamorado, lit. "Estoy mirándote"

I am cutting (fruit)

(Spanish) Yo estoy cortando (fruta)

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

lunar halo

(Spanish) halo lunar

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

solar halo

(Spanish) halo solar

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

I am climbing the mountain

(Spanish) Yo estoy subiendo el cerro

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

horse noun

(Spanish) caballo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Is this a horse?

(Spanish) Es êste un caballo?

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

he/she is sad; he/she looks sad

(Spanish) él/ella está triste

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

I am thirsty (lit. my heart is drying) Tengo sed

(Spanish) tengo sed (lit. mi corazón se está secando)

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

the donkey is braying

(Spanish) el burro está rebuznando

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

you are making me tired, you are annoying me

(Spanish) me estás cansando, me estás molestando

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

baseball cap

(Spanish) gorro

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

the people are gathering at the corner

(Spanish) la gente está uniendose en la esquina

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

I am lending

(Spanish) estoy prestando

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

I am getting tired

(Spanish) me estoy cansando

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

I am angry

(Spanish) Estoy enojado

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

coffee noun

(Spanish) café

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

I am pouring water with a bucket

(Spanish) estoy echando agua con la cubeta

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Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

I am looking for dog’s tongue prickly pear

(Spanish) estoy buscando nopal lengua de perro

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

I am throwing a rock

(Spanish) estoy botando la piedra

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

I am writing my name

(Spanish) estoy escribiendo mi nombre

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

I am making tortillas (before cooking)

(Spanish) estoy haciendo tortillas (antes de cocinar)

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

two people are fistfighting

(Spanish) dos personas se están peleando

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

I am placing or giving as an offering

(Spanish) estoy poniendo o regalando algo de cosecha como una ofrenda

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

soup, stock

(Spanish) caldo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

where

(Spanish) dónde

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

where are you going (formal)

(Spanish) A dónde va usted? (formal)

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

where are you all going? question phrase

(Spanish) ¿a dónde van ustedes?

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

where are you going?

(Spanish) ¿A donde vas?

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

What town are you from? (formal and informal)

(Spanish) De que pueblo eres? (formal and informal)

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Where are you from? (formal)

(Spanish) De dónde es usted?

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Where are you from? (informal)

(Spanish) De dónde eres?

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

cotton pants

(Spanish) calzón de algodón, calzón de manta

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bell

(Spanish) campana

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

I am asking for someone (expression used right before death to talk to someone)

(Spanish) Estoy preguntando para alguien (expresión usado para antes que alguien va a morir para que pueda hablar con alguien)

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

I give an order

(Spanish) Estoy mandando

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

I am breaking

(Spanish) Yo estoy quebrando

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

boiling

(Spanish) herviendo

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

it is sprouting (milpa)

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

I am hungry

(Spanish) tengo hambre

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

cinnamon noun

(Spanish) canel

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

the tree is growing

(Spanish) el árbol está creciendo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

the tree is growing

(Spanish) el árbol está creciendo

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Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

I am growing

(Spanish) Yo estoy creciendo

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

I am going to slap you

(Spanish) te voy a cachetear en la cara

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

shrine noun

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

It’s hot lit. The sun is burning up

(Spanish) Hace color lit. El sol esta quemando

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

letter

(Spanish) carta

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

crowded

(Spanish) lleno de gente

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

hailing

(Spanish) granizo

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

raining

(Spanish) lloviendo

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

The basket is being made

(Spanish) Se está haciendo el canasto

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

I am sweating

(Spanish) Estoy sudando

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

I am seeing

(Spanish) Yo estoy viendo

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

 Yo estoy cosiendo

(Spanish) I am sowing

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

You are playing (alone)

(Spanish) Tú estas jugando (solo)

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

You are being foolish

(Spanish) Tú estas actuando como un tonto

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

I am crying

(Spanish) Estoy llorando

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

I am thinking about you, I am worrying about you

(Spanish) Estoy pensando en ti, Estoy preocupado por ti

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

I am running

(Spanish) Yo estoy corriendo

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

(Spanish) Se esta construyendo una casa

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

type of bird (they say, when it starts to sing it means that someone is coming)

(Spanish) tipo de pájaro (se dice que cuando canta, algién viene)

Speaker: José Ángeles Martínez

The knife is not sharp.

(Spanish) El cuchillo no tiene filo.

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

I don’t have

(Spanish) No tengo

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

it´s not good

(Spanish) no está bueno

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

unforgettable

(Spanish) inolvidable

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

doesn’t smell bad

(Spanish) no huele mal, no hiede, no apesta

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

Doesn’t greet

(Spanish) No saluda

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

I don’t know! phrase

(Spanish) No sé!

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

No.

(Spanish) No

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

not

(Spanish) no, negativo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

not

(Spanish) no

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

Did you not understand what she said?

(Spanish) ¿No entendiste lo que dijó?

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

onto

(Spanish) en, sobre

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

head

(Spanish) cabeza

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

tip of a finger or toe

(Spanish) punta de dedo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

curly (hair)

(Spanish) chino (pelo)

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

kilo noun

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

will pay verb

(Spanish) pagará

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

I will pay

(Spanish) Yo voy a pagar

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

clarinet

(Spanish) clarinete

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

I like to come and eat at this café.

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

computer

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

danza de la pluma, dance of the conquest

(Spanish) danza de la pluma

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

headdress

(Spanish) corona, penacho

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

incredible

(Spanish) increíble

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

"You don’t want anything," indecisive

(Spanish) "No quieres nada," indecisivo, ansioso

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

wild bush, used to treat "craving" desease

(Spanish) hierba de antojos

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

tejate (cocoa and corn traditional drink) noun

(Spanish) tejate

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

dough noun

(Spanish) masa

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

pig

(Spanish) cerdo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

thigh noun

(Spanish) muslo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

leg, above the knee

(Spanish) pierna, arriba de la rodilla

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

turtledove

(Spanish) tortolita

Speaker: José Ángeles Martínez

grandfather

(Spanish) abuelo

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

wood pigeon (torcaza)

(Spanish) torcaza

Speaker: José Ángeles Martínez