Day 135 of 135

Day 135: Pamamanhikan With a Spreadsheet

At the pamamanhikan in a farmhouse in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, Ruben (B), the groom's father, comes to ask for the bride's hand before her grandfather, Lolo Sixto (A), and her mother, Mercy (C), bringing a budget spreadsheet his son made for a "micro-wedding."

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

    Tuloy kayo, tuloy. Ano ang inyong sadya sa aming abang tahanan?

    Come in, come in. What brings you to our humble home?

  2. B

    Magandang hapon po sa inyong lahat. Narito po kami upang hingin ang kamay ni Jasmine para sa anak kong si Paolo.

    Good afternoon, everyone. We're here to ask for Jasmine's hand for my son, Paolo.

  3. A

    At ano 'yang laptop? Noong namanhikan kami, isang kabang bigas at dalawang tandang ang dala ng aking ama.

    And what's that laptop? When we went to ask for my bride, my father brought a sack of rice and two roosters.

  4. B

    Pasensiya na po. Ginawa po ito ni Paolo: budget po ng micro-wedding nila, limampung bisita sa isang garden sa Tagaytay.

    Forgive us. Paolo made this: the budget for their micro-wedding, fifty guests at a garden venue in Tagaytay.

  5. C

    Limampu po? Ang mga pinsan pa lang po ni Jasmine sa side namin, animnapu na po.

    Fifty? Jasmine's cousins on our side alone come to sixty.

  6. A

    Sa kasal ni Mercy, tatlong baboy ang nilitson namin, at kumain ang buong baryo. Ilang baboy ang nasa spreadsheet mo?

    At Mercy's wedding, we roasted three pigs, and the whole village ate. How many pigs are in your spreadsheet?

  7. B

    Wala pong baboy, Lolo, "per head" po ang catering: isang libo't dalawandaan bawat bisita.

    There are no pigs, Lolo; the catering is "per head": twelve hundred pesos a guest.

  8. A

    Per head? Sa amin, iho, ulo rin ang bilangan, ulo ng baboy.

    Per head? Here, iho, we count heads too: pigs' heads.

  9. C

    Tama po si Tatay. At ano po itong "contingency" sa dulo, Mang Ruben?

    Dad's right. And what's this "contingency" at the end, Mang Ruben?

  10. B

    Panggastos po iyan sa hindi inaasahan, Aling Mercy, sampung porsiyento po ng budget.

    That's for unexpected expenses, Aling Mercy, ten percent of the budget.

  11. A

    E 'di riyan mo ilagay ang mga kamag-anak naming hindi imbitado pero darating. O, ganito: limampu sa Tagaytay, gaya ng gusto ng mga bata, at dito ang handaan, sagot ko ang baboy.

    Then that's where you put our uninvited relatives, the ones who'll come anyway. All right, here's the deal: fifty in Tagaytay, the way the kids want it, and the feast here, with the pigs on me.

  12. B

    Kung gayon po, tinatanggap ko po ang kasunduan. Idadagdag ko po sa spreadsheet: "Handaan sa Cabanatuan: hindi mabibilang."

    In that case, I accept the agreement. I'll add a line to the spreadsheet: "Feast in Cabanatuan: countless."

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