Day 127: Signing Out Against Advice
At midnight on the cardiac ward of a hospital in Muntinlupa, head nurse Jocelyn (A) finds Mang Enteng (B), who is being watched for a heart problem, out of bed and dressed.
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
Mang Enteng, bakit po kayo nakabihis? Tumunog po ang monitor nang tanggalin ninyo ang mga wire.
Mang Enteng, why are you dressed? The monitor went off when you took the wires off.
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B
Uuwi na ako, nurse. Akin na 'yung papel na HAMA raw ang tawag, sabi ng katabi ko.
I'm going home, nurse. Give me that paper, the one they call HAMA, according to the guy in the next bed.
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A
Home Against Medical Advice po iyon. Binabantayan pa po ang puso ninyo; mataas pa po ang troponin ninyo kanina.
That's Home Against Medical Advice. Your heart is still being watched; your troponin was still high earlier.
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B
Hindi ko alam 'yang troponin. Ang alam ko, alas-otso bukas, ako ang magsasabit ng medalya ng apo ko.
I don't know what troponin is. What I know is that at eight tomorrow morning, I'm the one hanging my granddaughter's medal on her.
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A
May pinsala pa po ang puso ninyo. Puwede pong biglang bumilis o tumigil ang tibok, kahit nasa entablado kayo.
Your heart is still damaged. It could suddenly race or stop, even while you're up on that stage.
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B
E 'di sa entablado na. Mas gusto ko pang doon kaysa rito, nakatitig sa kisame.
Then let it be on the stage. I'd rather be there than here, staring at the ceiling.
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A
Hindi ko po kayo pipigilan; wala po akong karapatan. Pero hintayin po muna ninyo ang doktor, isang oras na lang po.
I won't stop you; I have no right to. But please wait for the doctor first, it's just one more hour.
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B
Isang oras? Sa ospital, tatlong oras ang isang oras. At pagdating niya, pipigilan din niya ako.
One hour? In a hospital, one hour is three. And when he gets here, he'll stop me too.
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A
Kung ganoon po, sa monitor muna kayo hanggang alas-singko. Pagkatapos, ako na po mismo ang bahala sa papeles at sa wheelchair.
In that case, stay on the monitor until five. After that, I'll take care of the papers and the wheelchair myself.
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B
Alas-singko. Pero walang wheelchair sa entablado, ha; tatayo ako sa sarili kong paa.
Five o'clock. But no wheelchair on that stage, all right? I'm standing on my own two feet.
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A
Sige po, hanggang hagdan lang ang wheelchair. At pagkasabit ng medalya, dito po ang diretso ninyo, hindi sa handaan.
All right, the wheelchair only goes as far as the steps. And once the medal's on her, you come straight back here, not to the party.
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B
Pangako. Isasama ko pa ang apo ko pagbalik, para makita mo kung para kanino ka nagpuyat.
I promise. I'll even bring my granddaughter when I come back, so you'll see who you stayed up all night for.
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