Day 59: No Fishing Inside the Buoys
On the beach of a fishing village in Nasugbu, Batangas, Dencio (A), an old fisherman, complains to Lina (B), the town's fisheries officer, about the new marine sanctuary.
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
Lina, bakit bawal na raw mangisda sa loob ng mga boya?
Lina, what's this about fishing inside the buoys being banned now?
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B
Sanctuary na po kasi 'yan, Mang Dencio, para sa pagdami ulit ng isda.
That's a sanctuary now, Mang Dencio, so the fish can come back.
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A
E paano naman ang paghahanapbuhay ko? Apatnapung taon na akong nangingisda riyan.
And what about my livelihood? I've been fishing there for forty years.
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B
Alam ko po. Kayo nga po ang dahilan kung bakit ako nandito.
I know. You're the very reason I'm here.
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A
Bakit? Para sabihing huwag na akong pumalaot?
Why? To tell me not to go out to sea anymore?
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B
Hindi po. Kayo po ang kailangan namin sa Bantay Dagat, kabisado ninyo ang dagat na 'yan.
No. You're the one we need in the Bantay Dagat, you know those waters by heart.
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A
Ako, Bantay Dagat? Mabuti na rin, nasa dagat pa rin ako araw-araw.
Me, a sea warden? Well, not bad, I'd still be out on the water every day.
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