Day 122 of 185

Day 122: Chickens in a Heat Wave

Hearing on the radio news that the heat index in Pangasinan will reach 46 degrees this week, Danilo (A), who raises broiler chickens, and his nephew Gerald (B) plan how to keep the birds alive through the afternoon heat.

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

    Narinig mo 'yon? Forty-six daw ang heat index sa Pangasinan ngayong linggo.

    Did you hear that? They say the heat index in Pangasinan will hit forty-six this week.

  2. B

    Baka maulit po 'yung nangyari noong isang taon, tatlong daan ang namatay.

    What happened last year might happen again, when three hundred of them died.

  3. A

    Payo nila, dagdagan ang bentilador upang hindi mamatay sa init ang mga manok.

    Their advice is to add more fans so the chickens don't die from the heat.

  4. B

    Tito, magpakabit na lang po kaya tayo ng misting system?

    Tito, why don't we just have a misting system put in?

  5. A

    Misting? Mas mahal pa 'yan kaysa sa lahat ng manok natin.

    Misting? That costs more than all our chickens put together.

  6. B

    Basain na lang po natin ang bubong tuwing tanghali, para lumamig ang loob.

    Let's just wet the roof every noon, so it cools down inside.

  7. A

    Ayan, 'yan ang tipid. Ikaw ang aakyat sa bubong, ako sa hose.

    There you go, that's how you save money. You climb up on the roof, I'll handle the hose.

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