Day 120: The Lechon's Costume This Year
Two days before the lechon parade in Balayan, Batangas, Maica (A), home from college in Manila, shows her aunt Maricel (B), whose family has paraded a costumed lechon every June for thirty years, her idea for this year's costume.
How to study this lesson 3 steps
- Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
- Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense.
- 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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A
Tita, tingnan po ninyo ire: silver na wig, pink na amerikana. K-pop idol po ang litson natin ngayong taon!
Tita, look at this: a silver wig, a pink suit jacket. This year our lechon's a K-pop idol!
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B
Gagawin mo ga talagang artista ng Korea ang litson namin? Tatlumpung taon, ni minsa'y hindi nag-wig ang baboy namin.
You really want to turn our lechon into a Korean star? Thirty years, and our pig has never once worn a wig.
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A
Tita naman, bata na po ang mga hurado. Ilang taon na po ga nating ipinaparada ang litsong naka-barong?
Come on, Tita, the judges are young now. How many years have we been parading a lechon in a barong?
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B
Tatlong beses nanalo ang Tito Domeng mo sa barong na iyan. Ano ga ang ilalaban mo, buhok na pilak?
Your Tito Domeng won three times with that barong. And what are you going to compete with, silver hair?
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A
Hindi lang po buhok, Tita. Sasayaw po ang litson sa umiikot na tuntungan, may K-pop pang tumutugtog.
It's not just the hair, Tita. The lechon will dance on a turntable, with K-pop playing too.
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B
E pagdating ng basaan? Ang litson nati'y magmumukhang basang sisiw.
And when the water-throwing starts? Our lechon will look like a drowned rat.
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A
Waterproof po ang wig, Tita, at nakaplastik ang speaker; sinubukan ko na po kangina sa banyo ninyo.
The wig's waterproof, Tita, and the speaker's wrapped in plastic; I already tested them earlier in your bathroom.
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B
Kaya pala basa ang sahig ko kangina. E ano ngani ang sasabihin ng Tito Domeng mo sa litsong naka-pink?
So that's why my floor was wet earlier. And what would your Tito Domeng say about a lechon in pink?
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A
Si Tito Domeng po ang nagturo sa aking manalo. Lagi po niyang sinasabi noon, "Dapat pinag-uusapan ang litson hanggang Pasko."
Tito Domeng is the one who taught me how to win. He always used to say, "A lechon should be the talk of the town till Christmas."
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B
Aba'y ginamit mo pa ang Tito mo laban sa akin. Sige, pero may kondisyon: naka-barong ang idol mo.
Why, now you're even using your uncle against me. Fine, but on one condition: your idol wears a barong.
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A
Payag po ako, basta pink po ang barong, at may burdang "Domeng" sa likod.
I'm in, as long as the barong is pink, with "Domeng" embroidered on the back.
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B
Pink na barong pa! Mana ka ngani sa Tito mo. Kung matalo tayo, ikaw ang babasain ko, isang buong drum.
A pink barong, no less! You really do take after your uncle. If we lose, I'm dousing you myself, a whole drum's worth.
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