Day 25: Whose Name on the Barong?
At the embroidery workshop of Leanne (B) and her family in Taal, Batangas, Jillian (A), a young designer from Manila, comes to collect the barong Leanne's aunts spent four months embroidering for her runway show.
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
Grabe, Leanne, ang ganda! Ito na ang finale ko, mapapanganga ang audience.
Oh my gosh, Leanne, it's gorgeous! This is my finale, the audience is going to gasp.
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B
Apat na buwang binurdahan ng mga tiyahin ko, tapos ikaw lamang ga ang nakapangalan dine sa program?
My aunts spent four months embroidering it, and yours is the only name here in the program?
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A
Sorry, ganyan talaga ang format, designer lang ang naka-credit, pero hindi ko inaangkin ang burda.
Sorry, that's just the format, only the designer gets credited, but I'm not claiming the embroidery.
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B
Hindi mo ngani inaangkin, pero ano ga ang iisipin ng manonood, na ikaw ang nagburda?
Sure, you're not claiming it, but what will the audience think? That you did the embroidery?
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A
Okay, fair. Ipapa-update ko ang online program, at babanggitin ng host ang pamilya ninyo.
Okay, fair. I'll have the online program updated, and the host will mention your family.
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B
Babanggitin, tapos paglabas ng tao, limot na. Ang barong, iuuwi ng bibili, ang host, hindi.
Mentioned, and once people walk out, forgotten. The barong goes home with whoever buys it; the host doesn't.
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A
So ano, isasama ko sila sa label, katabi ng pangalan ko?
So what, I put them on the label, next to my name?
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B
Hindi na, ako na ang magbuburda ng pangalan nila sa loob ng kuwelyo, maliit lamang, pero habambuhay.
No need. I'll embroider their names inside the collar myself, small, but there for good.
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A
Gusto ko 'yan. Sa finale, kasama ko sila sa runway, para makita ng lahat kung sino ang gumawa.
I like that. And at the finale they walk the runway with me, so everyone can see who made it.
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