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El Ekeko: Un misterio boliviano

Cover Art by Irene Jimenez Casasnovas

Chapter Art by Andrea Bacca

by Katie A. Baker

Edited by Carol Gaab El Ekeko: Un misterio boliviano

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This fictitious novel is based on fewer than 200 high- frequency words in Spanish. It contains a manageable amount of vocabulary and numerous cognates (words that are similar in two languages), making it an ideal read for beginning language students. All vocabulary is listed in the glossary at the back of the book. Keep in mind that many words are listed in the glossary more than once, as most appear throughout the book in various forms and tenses. (Ex.: I go, he goes, let’s go, etc.) Vocabulary that would be con- sidered beyond a ‘novice’ level is footnoted within the text, and their meanings given at the bottom of the page where each occurs. The opinions and events in this story do not reflect or represent the opinions or beliefs of Fluency Matters. This novel is intended for educational entertainment only. We hope you enjoy reading it!

Índice

Characters & Names ...... i

Capítulo 1: Zapatos viejos ...... 1

Capítulo 2: El clóset ...... 7

Capítulo 3: ¡A trabajar! ...... 13

Capítulo 4: El mercado de las brujas ...... 22

Capítulo 5: Isidoro y Paulina ...... 31

Capítulo 6: El Talismán ...... 42

Capítulo 7: Zapatos nuevos ...... 48

Capítulo 8: Alasitas ...... 55

Capítulo 9: Abundancia ...... 64

Capítulo 10: ¡A buscar! ...... 70

Capítulo 11: Los regalos ...... 78

Glosario ...... 85 Personajes y nombres (Characters & Names)

Paco (Paquito) - personaje principal1, narrador; tiene 13 años2. Sofía (Sofi) - hermana3 de Paco; tiene 9 años. Maritza (Mari) - hermana de Paco; tiene 3 años. Julieta (Juli) - hermana de Paco; es una bebé Mamá - la madre de Paco Pepe - amigo de Paco Nicolás - antagonista4 de Paco; amigo de Mateo Mateo - antagonista de Paco; amigo de Nicolás

1personaje principal - main character 2tiene 13 años - he has 13 years (he is 13 years old) 3hermana - sister 4antagonista - antagonist (enemy; adversary)

i Capítulo 1 Zapatos viejos

Hoy no es un día bueno para mí. Corro tan rá- pido como puedo porque tengo que escaparme de Mateo y Nicolás. No me gustan esos chicos. Ellos son crueles y agresivos. A ellos les gusta intimidarme porque son grandes. Yo corro por los mercados y frente a la Basílica de San Francisco. Estoy cansado pero continúo corriendo. Corro por la plaza principal de La Paz y por 1 El Ekeko: Un misterio boliviano una calle hacia mi casa. ¡Nicolás y Mateo están justo detrás de mí! No corro porque tenga miedo, corro porque mi madre me dice que yo tengo que ser un ejemplo para mis hermanas, que tengo que preservar la paz. No quiero problemas con esos chicos. No quiero confrontarlos porque mi madre no quiere que yo participe en actos de violencia. Por eso, corro hacia mi casa tan rápido como es posible. Mateo y Nicolás son más grandes que yo, pero yo soy más rápido. Soy futbolista y por eso, estoy acostumbrado a correr mucho. Continúo corriendo. ¡Voy a escapar!

2 Capítulo 1 Pero en ese momento, me caigo por tener estos horribles zapatos. ¡Qué desastre! ¡Qué mala fortuna! En ese instante, Mateo y Nicolás corren hacia mí y no me puedo escapar. – ¿Qué pasa, idiota? –dice Nicolás. – No eres tan rápido ahora, ¿eh? –me insulta Mateo. – ¿Quieres lustrar mis botas, indio? –conti- núa Nicolás–. Es obvio que necesitas dinero. Mira tus zapatos. Yo soy un lustrabotas1. No me gusta el trabajo— prefiero estudiar en la escuela—pero me gusta recibir dinero. La realidad es que sí necesito dinero. Mi familia necesita dinero. Yo trabajé muchas horas hoy. Estoy cansado y hay lustrador2 de zapatos en mis pantalones. Hay lustrador de zapatos en mis manos también. Mis zapatos son viejos y tienen hoyos3. Quiero zapatos nuevos, pero mi familia no tiene dinero.

1lustrabotas - shoeshine boy; Many poor children in Bolivia make a living shining shoes. 2lustrador (de zapatos) - (shoe) polish 3hoyos - holes 3 El Ekeko: Un misterio boliviano Yo no respondo. No miro a Nicolás. – ¿No quieres lustrar mis botas? –repite Nico- lás. Él quiere intimidarme, pero no tengo miedo. Yo no le respondo. Miro mis zapatos y pienso en lo que dice mi madre: «No quiero que participes en actos de violencia». En este momento, es difícil no reaccionar con violencia. – Vámonos –dice Mateo–. – Un momento –interrumpe Nicolás–. ¡Mira…en la calle! ¡Hay dinero! En la calle, hay treinta (30) bolivianos. Es el dinero que recibí hoy por lustrar zapatos. Probable-

4 Capítulo 1 mente se me cayó cuando yo me caí en la calle. Yo intento agarrar el dinero, pero Nicolás es más rá- pido. – ¡Dámelo! –exclamo yo. Intento agarrar el dinero de su mano, pero no puedo. Nicolás es más alto que yo. – ¡Ja! –exclama Nicolás. – Vámonos –repite Mateo. Ellos se escapan con mi dinero. Estoy cansado y no puedo correr más. Camino lentamente hacia mi casa en El Alto. El Alto es una zona especial en La Paz, Bolivia. Se llama El Alto porque es muy alto. ¡Está a 4.050 metros en las montañas! Es la parte más alta de La Paz. Es difícil vivir en El Alto. Hay poco aire y poco dinero… La Paz es una ciudad grande con dos (2) millones de personas. Las personas que tienen dinero viven en el centro y las personas pobres viven en El Alto. Mi familia no tiene dinero. Somos pobres y por eso vivimos en El Alto.

5 El Ekeko: Un misterio boliviano

Es difícil caminar a mi casa porque las calles están muy inclinadas4. Es una hora o más a mi casa. No quiero caminar, pero ahora no tengo dinero para el bus. Camino lentamente y pienso en mi mala fortuna. Pienso en Mateo y Nicolás. Y pienso en mis zapatos viejos y horribles…

4inclinadas – inclined, steep 6 Capítulo 2 El clóset

Entro a la casa. – Hola, Paquito. ¿Qué tal tu día? –me pregunta mi madre con una sonrisa. – Horrible –respondo–. Necesito unos zapatos nuevos. Los míos son viejos y tienen hoyos. Me causan problemas. Hoy, me caí en la calle.

7 El Ekeko: Un misterio boliviano – Ay, hijito, ¿estás bien? – Sí, estoy bien, pero mi dinero se cayó en la calle y desapareció. Busqué el dinero pero ya no estaba –le explico yo. No menciono lo de Mateo y Nicolás. Es mi problema. Soy un hombre y no necesito a mi mami para resolver mis problemas. – Pues, hijito, no tenemos dinero en este momento para comprar zapatos nuevos, especialmente si no tienes el dinero de hoy. Pero pienso que hay unas botas viejas de tu abuelo en el clóset en buena condición. Tú puedes usar esas botas por ahora –dice mi madre. «Puaj, las botas viejas del abuelo», yo pienso. «¡Qué horrible!» No le digo nada a mi madre porque en realidad yo sé que no hay dinero para comprar zapatos nuevos. Suspiro1 y voy al clóset para buscar las botas viejas. Hay muchos objetos de mis abuelos en el clóset. Yo saco las cosas, una por una, para inspeccionarlas.

1suspiro - I sigh 8 Capítulo 2

No tengo muchas memorias de mis abuelos y por eso es más o menos interesante. Hay ropa y un aguayo2 de mi abuela. Hay unas fotos viejas de mis abuelos y una foto vieja de mi madre. No veo las botas. Suspiro y busco más. Saco una guitarra. Es una guitarra pequeña que se llama charango3. Es el charango de mi abuelo. Debajo del charango, yo veo un objeto interesante.

2aguayo - a colorful woven blanket used to carry things on the back; traditional in the Andes mountains 3charango - a small guitar made from the shell of an armadillo, traditional in Bolivia 9 El Ekeko: Un misterio boliviano

Es una figura de cerámica de un hombre pequeño. ¿Es otro objeto de mi abuelo? La figura es de color café. Es muy vieja y es un poco más grande que mi mano. Saco la estatua. No es familiar. Yo miro la estatua pequeña. Tiene una expresión misteriosa y unos ojos enormes y realistas. El hombre me mira con los ojos grandes. ¿Realmente puede verme? ¿Es posible? – ¿Cómo te llamas, amigo? –le pregunto yo. El hombre no responde. Las estatuas no hablan. – Paquito, ¿con quién hablas? –me pregunta mi madre. – No estoy hablando, mamá –le respondo. 10 Capítulo 2 En silencio, yo miro la estatua otra vez. De repente, yo pienso que sus ojos se mueven por un instante. «¿Es posible?», pienso. Miro a los ojos de la estatua intensamente, pero ahora no se mueven. Yo continúo buscando las botas. Saco unos pa- peles viejos y mi ropa de bebé. De repente, veo las botas. Las saco para inspeccionarlas. Son un poco viejas, y no tienen hoyos. Pero son muy grandes.

Suspiro y tomo las botas. Pongo los otros objetos en el clóset: el aguayo, la guitarra y las fotos. Enton- ces, yo decido tomar también la figura de cerámica. Es muy interesante y la quiero investigar más. ¿Por 11 El Ekeko: Un misterio boliviano qué no? Yo pongo la figura en mi mochila y voy a mi dormitorio. Estoy cansado de trabajar y de correr todo el día. En cinco (5) segundos, me duermo.

12 Glosario Glosario a - to agarra - s/he grabs abraza - s/he hugs agarrar - to grab abrazar - to hug agarro - I grab abrazo - I hug aguayo - a colorful abril - April woven blanket abro - I open agárralos - grab them abuela - grandmother agresivos - aggressive abuelo - grandfather ahora - now abuelos - grandparents ahorita - right now abundancia - abun- aire - air dance al - to the acostumbrado - accus- alasitas - a Bolivian fest- tomed ival actos de violencia - vio- alta(o) - tall lent acts amiga(s) - female actúa - s/he acts friend(s) acusa - s/he accuses amigo(s) - male and fe- adiós - goodbye male or all male admite - admits friend(s) adorado - adored amor - love adoro - I adore ángel - angel 85 Glosario antagonista - antagonist basílica - basilica; antes - before church anuncio - I announce bebé - baby aparece - s/he, it ap- bien - well; fine pears bistec - steak, beefsteak aparecen - they appear bloqueada(s) - blocked aparecieron - they ap- bloquear - to block peared boca - mouth apareció - s/he, it ap- boliviano(s) - peared Bolivian(s); the aparentemente - appar- people and cur- ently rency of Bolivia aquí - here bonito(a/os/as) - pretty aroma - aroma, smell bordes - borders arruinada - ruined botas - boots arruinarla - to ruin it brillantes - brilliant, ataque - attack bright atentamente - attent- bruja(s) - witch(es) ively bueno(a/os/as) - good aterrorizado - terrorized bus - bus autoridades - authorities buscando - searching for año(s) - year(s) buscar - to search, to bancos - banks look for 86 Glosario buscaste - you searched celebramos - we cele- busco - I search brate busqué - I searched centro - center caerme - to fall (myself) cerámica - ceramic café - café chaqueta - jacket calle(s) - street(s) charango - a small guit- cama - bed ar made from an armadillo shell camina - s/he walks charque - dried llama caminan - they walk meat caminar - to walk chica(s) - girl(s) camino - I walk chico(s) - boy(s) cansado(a) - tired cigarrillo - cigarette capítulo - chapter ciudad - city carro(s) - car(s) clase(s) - class(es) carta(s) - letter(s) clóset - closet casa(s) - house(s) coca - a plant used as a causan - they cause mild stimulant causaron - they caused cocina - s/he cooks; cayó - it fell kitchen caí - I fell cocinando - cooking celebración - celebra- coincidencia - coinci- tion dence 87 Glosario colección - collection conflicto - conflict color(es) - color(s) confrontarlos - to con- come - s/he eats front them comemos - we eat confusión - confusion comer - to eat confundido - confused comida - food conmigo - with me conmoción - commo- comiendo - eating tion comiéndose - eating conservo - I conserve como - like, as; I eat constantemente - con- comparación - compari- stantly son contento(a) - content; compran - they buy happy comprar - to buy continúa - s/he contin- comprarlos - to buy ues them continúo - I continue compraste - you bought convencer - to convince compro - I buy conversación - conver- computadora(s) - com- sation puter(s) corre - s/he runs con - with correcto - correct corren - they run condición - condition correr - to run 88 Glosario corres - you run cómo - how corriendo - running da - s/he gives corrió - s/he ran daba - s/he gave corro - I run dame - give me corto - I cut dan - they give cosa(s) - thing(s) dar - to give crimen - crime darle - to give to him or criminal - criminal her cruel(es) - cruel darme - to give me cruelmente - cruelly das - you give cuando - when de - of; from; belonging cuestiona - s/he ques- to tions debajo - under cuestionarla - to ques- decidido - decided; de- tion her termined cuidado - care decido - I decide (con) cuidado - (with) declaración - declara- care; carefully tion (ten) cuidado - be care- ful decoración - decoration curiosidad - curiosity defiende - s/he defends círculos - circles del - of; from; belonging to the cómico - comical, funny 89 Glosario delicioso(a) - delicious dirección - direction desapareció - it disap- distancia - distance peard distinta - distinct desastre - disaster divido - I divide descontenta - discon- donde - where tented; unhappy dormir - to sleep desde - from dormitorio - bedroom después - after doy - I give detrás - behind doña - Dame, Lady dibujo - I draw (verb) dibujos - drawings duermo - I sleep (noun) durante - during dibujé - I drew dame(lo/la) - give (it) to dice - s/he says me dicen - they say dándome - giving me diferencia - difference día(s) - day(s) diferente(s) - different dónde - where difícil - difficult ejemplo - example (no me) digas - (liter- él - he ally) don’t tell me; el - the (figuratively) you’re ella - she joking! ellas - they (female) digo - I say ellos - they dinero - money 90 Glosario emocionado(a) - with eres - you are emotion; excited es - is emocionales - emo- esa - that tional escapan - they escape emoción - emotion, ex- escapar - to escape citement escapo - I escape en - in; on escuela - school encontrar - to find esa - that encontraste - you found ese - that encontré - I found eso - that enero - January enorme(s) - enormous esos; esas - those entero - entire españoles - Spaniards entonces - so, then especial(es) - special entra - s/he enters especialmente - espe- entrada - entrance cially entran - they enter estaba - used to be entrar - to enter estabas - you used to be entro - I enter estar - to be (tempo- entusiasmo - enthusi- rary) asm estatua - statue envidia - envy estatuas - statues era - was esta - this 91 Glosario este - this exclamo - I exclaim esto - this experiencia - experi- estoy - I am ence estricta - strict explica - s/he explains estudia - s/he studies explicarle - to explain to estudiar - to study him or her estudio - I study explico - I explain estudié - I studied expresión - expression está - s/he, it is (tem- extiende - s/he extends porarily) extiendo - I extend están - they are (tem- extra(s) - extra porarily) extraño(a/os/as) - estás - you are (tem- strange porarily) fabuloso - fabulous esté - s/he is (subjunc- falso - false tive) familia(s) - family (fami- eventos - events lies) eventualmente - eventu- familiar - familiar ally familiarizado - familiar- exactamente - exactly ized examino - I examine fantástico - fantastic excelente(s) - excellent favorito(a/os/as) - fa- exclama - s/he exclaims vorite 92 Glosario feo(a/os/as) - ugly futbolista - footballer, festival - festival soccer player (día) festivo - festive fútbol - football (soccer) day; holiday generosidad - generosity fetos - fetuses generoso(a/os/as) - gen- erous figura - figure gente - people financieros - financial gigante - giant firmemente - firmly gracias - thank you floto - I float gran - grand, big fortuna - fortune, luck grande(s) - grand, big foto(s) - photo(s) grave - grave; serious fragancia - fragrance grita - s/he screams frente - front gritando - screaming frijol(es) - bean(s) grito - I scream frustrado - frustrated gritó - s/he screamed guitarra - guitar frágil(es) - fragile guiña - winks fue - it was gusta - likes; is pleasing fueron - they were to funciona - it functions gustaba - liked; was furiosamente - furiously pleasing to furioso(a/os/as) - furi- gustan - likes (them); are ous pleasing to 93 Glosario habla - s/he talks hermano(s) - brother(s) hablamos - we talk hijito - endearing way to hablan - they talk say ‘son’ hablando - talking historia - history hablar - to talk histórica - historical hablarle - to talk to him hola - hello or her hombre(s) - man (men) hablas - you talk hora(s) - hour(s) hablo - I talk horrible(s) - horrible habló - s/he talked hospitales - hospitals hoy - today hace dos años - two years ago hoyo(s) - hole(s) hace - s/he does, makes humano - human (adj.) idea - idea hacer - to do ideal - ideal haces - you do idiota - idiot hacia - towards ignoro - I ignore hasta - until imaginación - imagina- hay - there is, there are tion haya - there is (subjunc- impaciente - impatient tive) impacientemente - im- hermana(s) - sister(s) patiently hermanitas - little sisters 94 Glosario importa - it is important, insulta - s/he insults it matters insultó - s/he insulted importante - important intensamente - intensely inclinadas - inclined, intenta - s/he intends, slanted tries incrédula - incredulous, intento - I intend, try disbelieving interesado - interested incómodo(a) - uncom- interesante(s) - interest- fortable ing índice - index interferir - to interefere indio(s) - Indian(s), na- Internet - Internet tives interrumpe - s/he inter- información - informa- rupts tion interrumpo - I interrupt informarle - to inform interés - interest him or her intimidarme - to intimi- inquiere - s/he inquires date me inspeccionarla - to in- investigar - to investi- spect it gate inspeccionarlas - to in- invitar - to invite spect them invitarle - to invite him instante - instant or her invito - I invite 95 Glosario ir - to go libro(s) - book(s) irritado(a) - irritated la(s) llama(s) - (the) juega - s/he plays llama(s) (noun) juego - I play llama - s/he calls (verb) jugamos - we play llamas - you call (verb) jugando - playing (no me) llames - (don’t jugar - to play you) call (me) justo - just, fair llamo - I call kilómetro(s) - kilome- llevamos - we carry, ter(s) take la - the (feminine, singu- llora - s/he cries lar) lloran - they cry las - the (feminine, plu- llorando - crying ral) llorar - to cry lavo - I wash lloro - I cry lavé - I washed lo - it le - to him or her logo - logo legendario - legendary los - they (masculine, lentamente - slowly plural) les - to them lustrabotas - shoe shine levanto - I get up, stand boy, bootblack up lustrador de zapatos - leyenda(s) - legend(s) shoe polish 96 Glosario lustrando - polishing menciono - I mention lustrar - to polish menos - minus, less lustro - I polish mercado(s) - market(s) límite - limit metros - meters madre - mother mi(s) - my mafia - mafia miedo - fear mal - bad millones - millions mala - bad minero - miner mami - mommy miniatura(s) - minature mamá - mom minutos - minutes mano(s) - hand(s) mira - s/he looks maravilloso - marvelous miran - they look marcha - s/he marches matemáticas - mathe- mirando - looking matics mirar - to look mayo - May mirarle - to look at him mañana(s) - morning(s); or her tomorrow miro - I look me - to me misterio - mystery medicina - medicine misteriosamente - mys- memorias - memories teriously mencionas - you men- misterioso(a/os/as) - tion mysterious 97 Glosario mochila - backpack mí - me momento(s) - mío(a/os/as) - mine moment(s) nada - nothing montañas - mountains necesaria - necessary moverme - to move my- necesita - s/he needs self necesitaba - needed movieron - they moved necesitas - you need mucho(a/os/as) - much; necesito - I need many; a lot nerviosamente - nerv- muchísimo(s) - very ously many; a whole lot nervioso - nervous (no te) muevas - (don’t you) move ni - neither; nor mueve - s/he moves ningún(a) - no; none; not any mueven - they move muñeca(s) - doll(s) no - no muñeco - male doll noche(s) - night(s) murió - s/he died normal(es) - normal muy - very normalmente - normally mágico(a/os/as) - magi- nosotros - we cal nota - s/he notices más - more nuevo(a/os/as) - new médicos - medical o - or 98 Glosario objeto(s) - object(s) papi - daddy observo - I observe par - pair obvio - obvious para - for; in order to ocurre - it occurs parque - park ofensivos - offensive parqueado - parked ofrezco - I offer parte(s) - part(s) oigo - I hear participe - I participate ojo(s) - eye(s) (subjunctive) olor - odor participes - you participate (subjunctive) oportunidad - opportu- pasa - s/he passes nity pasan - they pass optimista - optimistic pasaportes - passports original - original pasar - to pass otro(a/os/as) - other; paso - I pass another patineta - skateboard oírme - to hear me paz - peace padre - father peculiar - peculiar pan - bread pelota - ball pantalones - pants pena - pain papas - potatoes pensar - to think papel(es) - paper(s) pequeño(a/os/as) - papá - papa, dad small 99 Glosario perfecto(a/os/as) - per- pones - you put fect pongo - I put pero - but poquito - a tiny bit persona(s) - person(s) por - for personaje(s) - charac- por favor - please ter(s) porque - because piensa - s/he thinks posible - possible piense - s/he thinks positiva - positive (subjunctive) preciosa - precious pienso - I think prefiero - I prefer plan(es) - plan(s) pregunta - s/he asks plato(s) - plate(s) preguntarle - to ask him plaza - plaza or her pobre(s) - poor preguntas - questions pociones - potions pregunto - I ask poco(a) - a little bit preocupada - preoccu- poder(es) - power(s); to pied; worried be able to prepara - s/he prepares policía - police preparados - prepared pone - s/he puts preservar - to preserve ponen - they put primer - first poner - to put principal - principal; main 100 Glosario probable - probable que - that probablemente - proba- quiere - s/he wants bly quieres - you want problema(s) - problems quiero - I want produce - s/he produces quiosco(s) - kiosk(s) profe - short for profesor quién(es) - who profesor - professor; qué - what teacher raqueta - racket protección - protection reaccionar - to react proteger - to protect real(es) - real psíquica(s) - psychic realidad - reality (pl.) realistas - realistic psíquico(s) - psychic realmente - really (pl.) pueda - I can (subjunc- realística - realistic tive) recibir - to receive puede - s/he can recibo - I receive pueden - they can recibí - I received puedes - you can regalo(s) - gift(s) puedo - I can regaló - s/he gifted; gave pues - well, um regresa - s/he returns puma - puma regresas - you return pusiera - s/he puts (sub- (no) regreses - (don’t junctive) you) return 101 Glosario regreso - I return robara - s/he stole (sub- relación - relation junctive) (de) repente - suddenly robaste - you stole repite - s/he repeats robó - s/he stole repito - I repeat romance - romance reportar - to report romántico - romantic representa - it repre- ropa - clothes sents rápidamente - rapidly resolver - to resolve rápido(a) - rapid, fast responde - s/he re- saca - s/he takes out sponds sacaste - you took out responder - to respond saco - I take out respondo - I respond se - itself, herself, him- responsabilidades - re- self sponsibilities secreto - secret responsable - respon- segundos - seconds sible resto - rest seguro - secure; sure revelar - to reveal sensación - sensation revelarle - to reveal to ser - to be him or her serio(a) - serious rico(a/os/as) - rich señor - Mr.; sir ridículo(a) - ridiculous señora - Mrs.; ma’am 102 Glosario señoras - ladies sorprendida - si - if surprised (me) siento - I feel sorpresa - surprise silencio - silence sospechosa - suspicious silenciosamente - soy - I am silently su(s) - his; her; their silencioso - silent suficiente - sufficient silla - chair sufra - s/he suffers (sub- similar(es) - similar junctive) sirvienta - servant sufren - they suffer sistema - system sufrimos - we suffer situación - situation sufrirán - they will suffer sobrenatural - supernat- suspiro - I sigh ural suéter - sweater solo - solo; alone sé - I know somos - we are sí - yes son - they are símbolo - symbol sonriendo - smiling sólo - only sonrisa - smile súper - super sonríe - s/he smiles (qué) tal - what’s up? sonrío - I smile talismán(es) - sopa - soup talisman(s) 103 Glosario también - also; too tiro - I throw tan…como - as…as tocar - to touch tarde - tardy; late; after- todo(a/os/as) - all noon toma - takes te - to you tomar - to take ten - have tomo - I take tenemos - we have tomó - s/he took tener - to have tono - tone tenga - s/he has (sub- tostado - toasted junctive) totalmente - totally tengas - you have (sub- trabajando - working junctive) trabajar - to work tengo - I have trabajo - I work tenis - tennis trabajos - jobs tenía - s/he had trabajé - I worked textiles - textiles tradicional - traditional ti - you tradición - tradition tiempo - time transforma - (s/he) trans- tiene - s/he has forms tienen - they have transformar - to trans- tienes - you have form tira - s/he throws triste - sad 104 Glosario trágico - tragic varias - various tu(s) - your vas - you go turistas - tourists ve - s/he sees turquesa - turquoise (se) ve - it looks; seems tímida - timid vea - s/he sees (subjunc- típicamente - typically tive) típico(a/os/as) - typical vegetales - vegetables tú - you ven - they see un - a (masculine, singu- veo - I see lar) ver - to see una - a (feminine, singu- verlo - to see it lar) verlos - to see them unas - some (feminine, verme - to see me plural) version - version unos - some (masculine, ves - you see plural) vete - go on; get out of usa - s/he uses here usamos - we use vez - time; instance usar - to use victoria - victory va - s/he goes videojuegos - vamos - we go videogames van - they go vieja(s) - old (plural) 105 Glosario viejo(s) - old (plural) violencia - violence violentamente - vio- lently viven - they live vivimos - we live vivir - to live voy - I go voz - voice vámonos - let’s go y - and ya - already yo - I zapatitos - little shoes zapato(s) - shoe(s) zona - zone

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