Day 91 of 135

Day 91: Alert Level Four, Mang Ciriaco

On the shore of Taal Lake in Agoncillo, Batangas, Florence (A), the town's disaster officer, has orders to evacuate every house in the danger zone after the volcano's alert level is raised, and Mang Ciriaco (B), a fisherman who remembers the eruption of 1965, has not packed a thing.

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

    Mang Ciriaco, Alert Level 4 na po ang Taal, at sapilitan na po ang paglikas.

    Mang Ciriaco, Taal is at Alert Level 4, and evacuation is now mandatory.

  2. B

    Dine ako ipinanganak, dine rin ako mananatili. Sino ga ang magbabantay sa bangka at kalabaw ko?

    I was born here, and here I'll stay. Who's going to watch my boat and my carabao?

  3. A

    Ayon po sa PHIVOLCS, puwedeng pumutok nang malakas anumang oras. Aalis na po ang trak.

    According to PHIVOLCS, it could erupt violently at any moment. The truck is about to leave.

  4. B

    Noong sisenta'y singko, labindalawang taon ako; nakita ko ang ulap na gumapang sa lawa. Huwag mo akong turuan.

    In sixty-five, I was twelve; I saw the cloud crawl across the lake. Don't you lecture me.

  5. A

    Kayo nga po ang mas nakakaalam niyan, Mang Ciriaco. Ilan po ang nakaligtas sa mga nanatili noon?

    You know that better than anyone, Mang Ciriaco. How many of the people who stayed back then survived?

  6. B

    ...Ang tiyo ko, nagpaiwan dahil sa bangka niya. Ang bangka'y natagpuan, siya'y hindi na.

    ...My uncle stayed behind because of his boat. They found the boat. Him, they never did.

  7. A

    Ang kalabaw po ninyo'y isasakay namin sa trak. Ang bangka'y nabibili; kayo po, saan ga mabibili?

    We'll load your carabao onto the truck. A boat can be bought; where would anyone buy another you?

  8. B

    Aba, taga-saan ka ga, at marunong kang mag-Batangueño?

    Well, now, where are you from, that you can speak Batangueño?

  9. A

    Dine rin po ako lumaki, sa Agoncillo. Apo po ako ni Aling Gilda na nagtitinda ng tawilis sa palengke.

    I grew up right here too, in Agoncillo. I'm the granddaughter of Aling Gilda, who sells tawilis at the market.

  10. B

    Apo ka pala ni Gilda! Sige, sasama ako, pero sa apo ni Gilda ako sumusunod, hindi sa gobyerno.

    So you're Gilda's granddaughter! All right, I'll come, but it's Gilda's granddaughter I'm obeying, not the government.

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