Day 32: Plastic for Rice Day
At the barangay hall in Binangonan, Rizal, Rina (A), the councilor in charge of the environment, tells Hans (B), a young man who runs a junk shop, about her new program for plastic waste.
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
Hans, tuwing Sabado, puwede nang ipagpalit sa bigas ang mga plastik.
Hans, every Saturday, people will be able to trade their plastic for rice.
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B
Lugi po ako riyan, Kagawad. Wala na pong magbebenta ng plastik sa junk shop ko.
I'd lose out on that, Kagawad. Nobody would sell plastic to my junk shop anymore.
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A
Hindi naman siguro, Hans. Para sa kalikasan 'to.
I don't think so, Hans. This is for the environment.
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B
Saka po, ningas-kugon ang mga ganyang programa. 'Yung huli po, naglahong parang bula.
Besides, programs like that never last. The last one vanished into thin air.
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A
Kaya nga kailangan ka namin. Ikaw ang magiging official buyer ng plastik.
That's exactly why we need you. You'll be the official buyer of the plastic.
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B
Ako po? Kasosyo na po pala ako, hindi kalaban.
Me? So I'm a partner now, not the competition.
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