Day 123: Solar Panels, Not Yet
On the roof deck of her house in Dasmariñas, Cavite, Nita (A), a retired bank teller, goes over her plan for solar panels and net metering with her installer, Felix (B), and an inspector (C) from the power company.
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
Felix, puwede na bang ikabit bukas ang mga panel? Nakatambak na sa garahe ko.
Felix, can the panels go up tomorrow? They're already piled up in my garage.
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B
Kumpleto na po ang papeles ninyo. Pirma na lang po ng inspektor ang kulang.
Your paperwork's complete. All that's missing is the inspector's signature.
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C
Alinsunod po sa patakaran ng net metering, kailangan munang aprubahan ang aplikasyon bago ikonekta sa linya ang mga panel.
Under the net metering rules, the application has to be approved before the panels are connected to the grid.
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A
E 'di aprubahan mo na. Tatlumpung taon akong teller, binilang ko ang bawat pahina.
So approve it. I was a teller for thirty years, I counted every page.
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C
Wala pong problema sa papeles. Pero Felix, silipin mo nga ang ilalim ng bubong.
There's nothing wrong with the paperwork. But Felix, take a look under the roof.
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B
Ay, Ma'am Nita, inaanay na po pala ang kahoy, at hindi kakayanin ang bigat ng mga panel.
Oh no. Ma'am Nita, it turns out the wood has termites, and it won't hold the weight of the panels.
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C
Kahit po aprubado ang aplikasyon, walang batas o panel na makapagpapatibay sa bubong na iyan.
Even with the application approved, no law and no panel can make that roof any stronger.
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A
Kung ganoon, bubong muna. Ayokong sa kusina ko bumagsak ang mga panel.
The roof first, then. I don't want those panels crashing down into my kitchen.
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