Day 28: Say It the Marinduque Way
On the ferry from Lucena to Marinduque, Bianca (A), a linguistics graduate student, starts recording Dennis (B), a crew member from Boac, for her thesis on Marinduque Tagalog.
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
Audio for this lesson is coming soon. For now, read the dialogue and its translation.
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A
Kuya Dennis, salamat po at pumayag kayong magpa-record, naka-on na po ito, magkuwento lang po kayo.
Kuya Dennis, thank you for agreeing to be recorded. It's on now, so just talk.
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B
Sige, ineng, kangina ka pa ga naghihintay? Ay, mali, kanina ka pa ba naghihintay?
All right, ineng, been waiting long, ga? Oops, wrong, I mean, have you been waiting long?
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A
Hindi po mali iyon, Kuya, iyong "kangina" at "ga" nga po ang hinahanap ko.
That wasn't wrong, Kuya. That "kangina" and that "ga" are exactly what I'm looking for.
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B
Ay, nakakahiya, baka isipin ng mga propesor mo, hindi marunong mag-Tagalog ang taga-Marinduque.
Oh, how embarrassing. Your professors might think people from Marinduque can't speak Tagalog.
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A
Kabaligtaran po, Kuya, sa inyo po napanatili ang mga salitang nawala na sa Maynila.
It's the opposite, Kuya. Words Manila has lost are still alive with you.
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B
O, sige ngani, kangina sa Dalahican, ang lakas ng alon, ay, este, kanina pala.
All right, then: kangina at Dalahican, the waves were huge, oh, I mean, kanina.
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A
Ayan po, Kuya, "este" na naman. Kapag nagbago po kayo, kaming mga linguist ang iiyak.
There it is again, Kuya, another "I mean." If you change how you talk, it's us linguists who'll cry.
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B
Ay, ineng, sa barko, sa palengke, sa trabaho, kailangang Tagalog-Maynila, para hindi ka pagtawanan.
Oh, ineng, on the ship, at the market, at work, you have to talk Manila Tagalog so nobody laughs at you.
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A
Sa recorder ko po, walang tatawa, Kuya. Kayo po ang dahilan kung bakit ako sumakay sa barkong ito.
Nobody laughs on my recorder, Kuya. You're the reason I got on this boat.
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B
E 'di ulitin natin, ineng: kangina ka pa ga naghihintay? Ayan, walang este.
Then let's do it again, ineng: kangina ka pa ga naghihintay? There, no "I mean."
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