Day 108 of 135

Day 108: Erpat Came Before Lodi

In her living room in Santa Mesa, Manila, Lola Trining (B) is interviewed by her daughter-in-law Karen (A), a magazine editor writing about Tagalog words that have gone out of style.

How to study this lesson 3 steps
  1. Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
  2. Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense.
  3. Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native Tagalog. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.

Dialogue

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  1. A

    Ma, naka-record na po. Anong mga salita po noong kabataan ninyo ang hindi na naririnig ngayon?

    Ma, we're recording. What words from when you were young don't people say anymore?

  2. B

    Ako'y nagagalak na may nakaaalala pa. Sa amin noon, bago bumati, magmamano muna: "Mano po, Ingkong."

    I am delighted that someone still remembers. In our day, before you said hello, you took the elder's hand to your forehead: "Mano po, Ingkong."

  3. A

    Ingkong po? Ang ganda. E 'yung lodi at petmalu po, Gen Z ba talaga ang nag-imbento ng pagbaliktad ng salita?

    Ingkong, for Grandfather? That's lovely. And lodi and petmalu, did Gen Z really invent turning words backwards?

  4. B

    Ay, iha, may erpat at ermat na kami bago pa ipanganak ang lodi ninyo. Astig, dehins, tsikot, lahat 'yan baliktad.

    Oh, iha, we had erpat and ermat, Dad and Mom, before your lodi was even born. Astig for tough, dehins for no, tsikot for car: all of them backwards.

  5. A

    Ma! Kayo po, nagsasalita nang ganyan noon? Akala ko po puro "Ingkong" at "mano po" kayo.

    Ma! You used to talk like that? I thought you were all "Ingkong" and "mano po."

  6. B

    Sa harap ng nanay ko, "opo" at "mano po." Pero sa kanto ng Santa Mesa, ibang usapan na.

    In front of my mother, it was "opo" and "mano po." But on the street corners of Santa Mesa, that was another story.

  7. A

    Halimbawa po, Ma? Paano po ninyo gagamitin sa isang pangungusap?

    For example, Ma? How would you use them in a sentence?

  8. B

    Noong araw, tsikot agad ang tanong ng erpat ko sa manliligaw. Kapag walang tsikot, olats na ang kawawang binata.

    Back then, the first thing my erpat asked a suitor about was his tsikot. No tsikot, and the poor boy was olats, out, on the spot.

  9. A

    Pero si Papa po, walang tsikot noon. Naglakad lang daw po siya mula Sampaloc para sa inyo.

    But Papa didn't have a tsikot back then. He says he just walked over from Sampaloc for you.

  10. B

    Kaya ayun, dehins siya pinapasok ng erpat ko nang tatlong buwan. Pero ang lakad niya, mas astig pa sa kahit anong tsikot.

    So there you go, my erpat wouldn't let him in for three months. But the way he walked was more astig than any tsikot.

  11. A

    Ma, ito po ang pamagat ng article ko: "Erpat Muna Bago Lodi." Puwede ko po bang isama ang kuwento ninyo ni Papa?

    Ma, this is the title of my article: "Erpat Came Before Lodi." May I include the story of you and Papa?

  12. B

    Ikinagagalak ko, iha. Pero ilagay mo sa dulo: ang lola ng mga lodi, petmalu pa rin.

    It would be my pleasure, iha. But put this at the end: the grandmother of all the lodi is still petmalu.

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