Day 13: Copra Prices in Ka Andoy's Yard
In the yard of their coconut farm in Gumaca, Quezon, Thelma (A), the copra buyer they have sold to for twenty years, makes Ka Lucing (B) and Ka Andoy (D) her offer while their grandson Aaron (C) checks today's copra price on his phone.
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
Ka Lucing, Ka Andoy, kuwarenta'y singko po ang kilo ngayon, iyan na po ang pinakamataas ko.
Ka Lucing, Ka Andoy, it's forty-five a kilo today, and that's the highest I can go.
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B
Ganyan lamang baga ang kopra ngayon? Aaron, tingnan mo nga sa cellphone mo.
Is that all copra's worth these days? Aaron, look it up on your phone.
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C
Sa PCA po, singkuwenta'y otso ang karaniwang presyo sa Quezon ngayong linggo.
According to the PCA, the average price in Quezon this week is fifty-eight.
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D
Aba'y trese pesos pala ang kulang sa bawat kilo. Saan baga napupunta iyan, Thelma?
Well, so that's thirteen pesos short on every kilo. Where's all that going, Thelma?
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A
Presyo po iyan sa bodega sa Lucena, Ka Andoy. Saka may bale pa po kayo noong bagyo.
That's the price at the warehouse in Lucena, Ka Andoy. And there's still the advance you took when the typhoon hit.
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B
Hindi ngani namin kinakalimutan, Thelma. Bente mil iyon, at ibinabawas mo naman tuwing bentahan.
We haven't forgotten, Thelma. It was twenty thousand, and you take some of it off every time we sell anyway.
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C
Kung ibabawas po ang biyahe, mga singkuwenta po ang patas, hindi kuwarenta'y singko.
If you take out the trucking, about fifty would be fair, not forty-five.
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A
Matalino ang apo ninyo, Ka Lucing. Sige po, kuwarenta'y otso, at walang bawas sa bale ngayon.
Your grandson's a sharp one, Ka Lucing. All right, forty-eight, and nothing comes off the advance this time.
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D
Singkuwenta, Thelma, at ibawas mo pa rin ang bale. Ayaw naming may utang na nakabitin.
Fifty, Thelma, and keep taking out the advance. We don't like debts hanging over us.
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A
Sige po, singkuwenta. Kayo lang po ang suki kong tumanggi sa palugit.
All right, fifty. You're the only ones I deal with who'd turn down a grace period.
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