Day 125 of 135

Day 125: Disqualified by an Old Blog

At the office of a national literary contest in Makati, Franco (A), a young poet whose collection the judges chose for first prize, comes in at the request of Flor (B), head of the contest secretariat.

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

    Magandang hapon po, Ma'am Flor. Tungkol po ba ito sa awarding? Bumili na po ako ng barong.

    Good afternoon, Ma'am Flor. Is this about the awards night? I've already bought a barong.

  2. B

    Maupo ka, Franco. Pinag-isipan namin ito nang mabuti, at mahirap din ito para sa akin.

    Have a seat, Franco. We thought about this very carefully, and it's hard for me too.

  3. A

    Ano po ang nangyari, Ma'am? May mali po ba sa mga papeles ko?

    What happened, Ma'am? Is something wrong with my papers?

  4. B

    May nagpadala sa amin ng link ng luma mong blog. Nandoon ang anim sa sampung tula mo, at "unpublished" ang hinihingi ng patakaran.

    Someone sent us a link to your old blog. Six of your ten poems are on it, and the rules ask for "unpublished" work.

  5. A

    'Yung blog ko po noong high school? Pero labing-isang tao lang po ang nakabasa noon, at pito po roon, kaklase ko.

    My blog from high school? But only eleven people ever read it, and seven of them were my classmates.

  6. B

    Hindi bilang ng bumasa ang tinitingnan, kundi kung nailabas na sa publiko. Napagpasyahan ng lupon na i-disqualify ka.

    What counts isn't how many read it, but whether it was out in public. The board has decided to disqualify you.

  7. A

    Buburahin ko po ngayon din, Ma'am, isang click lang po. Parang hindi na po nangyari.

    I'll delete it right now, Ma'am, it's one click. As if it never happened.

  8. B

    Nabura mo na noong 2016, pero nasa internet archive pa rin. Walang nabubura online, Franco, kahit tula.

    You deleted it back in 2016, but it's still in an internet archive. Nothing gets erased online, Franco, not even a poem.

  9. A

    Kung ganoon po, sino po ang nagpadala? Isa po ba sa labing-isa?

    Then who sent it? One of the eleven?

  10. B

    Hindi ko masasabi. Pero nagkaisa ang mga hurado na koleksiyon mo ang pinakamahusay, at isinulat nila iyon sa minutes.

    I can't say. But the judges agreed unanimously that your collection was the best, and they put that in the minutes.

  11. A

    Salamat po, Ma'am. Kung "published" na pala ako, ilalagay ko na po iyan sa bio ko.

    Thank you, Ma'am. If I'm "published" after all, I'll put that in my bio.

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