Day 118: Who Are You Calling Marites?

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   A

   Nora, bakit nagbubulungan ang mga batang tindera tuwing dadaan tayo? May dumi ba ako sa mukha?

   Nora, why do those young vendors whisper every time we walk by? Is there something on my face?

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   B

   Wala po, Ma. Marites daw po tayo, 'yan po ang tawag nila sa atin kapag nakatalikod tayo.

   No, Ma. They say we're the Marites, that's what they call us behind our backs.

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   A

   Marites? E Pilar ang pangalan ko, at Nora ka. Sino'ng Marites, 'yung kumare kong taga-Cubao?

   Marites? My name's Pilar, and you're Nora. Which Marites, that friend of mine from Cubao?

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   B

   Hindi po pangalan, Ma. Galing po sa "Mare, ano'ng latest?", kaya Marites po ang tawag sa laging may sagap na tsismis.

   It's not a name, Ma. It comes from "Mare, what's the latest?", so Marites is what they call someone who always has fresh gossip.

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   A

   Tsismosa lang pala. Noong araw, sa igiban nalalaman kung sino ang maysakit at sino ang nagugutom. Malasakit ang tawag namin diyan.

   So it just means a gossip. In my day, at the village pump, you found out who was sick and who was going hungry. We called that looking out for each other.

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   B

   Opo, malasakit po. Kaya po pala alam ninyong ikakasal ang anak ni Aling Dolly bago pa siya alukin ng kasal.

   Yes, looking out for each other. So that's how you knew Aling Dolly's daughter was getting married before anyone had even proposed.

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   A

   Obserbasyon 'yon: nagpatahi siya ng puting bestida. E ikaw, saan mo nalaman na lumipat sa Farmers si Mang Ador?

   That was observation: she had a white dress made. And you, where did you hear that Mang Ador moved his stall to Farmers Market?

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   B

   Hindi po tsismis 'yon, nasa Facebook po niya mismo. Public information po 'yon, Ma.

   That's not gossip, it's on his own Facebook. That's public information, Ma.

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   A

   Public information. Noong dalaga ako, ang tawag doon, "narinig ko lang sa kapitbahay." Hindi naman nag-iba, bumilis lang.

   Public information. When I was a girl, we called that "I just heard it from the neighbors." Nothing's changed, it's just gotten faster.

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    B

    Ma, bago ko po makalimutan: magkasintahan na raw po ang tindero ng kakanin at ang kahera ng bigasan.

    Ma, before I forget: the rice-cake vendor and the cashier at the rice stall are a couple now, apparently.

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    A

    Alam ko na 'yan, pero wala akong pinagsabihan; hindi ako Marites. Tara, balikan natin ang mga bata: "Mare, ano'ng latest?"

    I knew that already, but I haven't told a soul; I'm no Marites. Come on, let's go back to those kids: "Mare, what's the latest?"

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    B

    Kayo na po ang magtanong, Ma. Ako po, magmamasid lang, dahil sa malasakit.

    You do the asking, Ma. I'll just observe, out of concern for others.

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