Day 138: Two Years for the Province
In Tanauan, Batangas, Glenn (A), a young nursing graduate on a provincial scholarship, visits his neighbor Lola Felisa (B), a retired school principal, on her porch to talk about a proposal that would require scholars to work in the province for two years after graduating.
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
Lola, nabasa na po ba ninyo ang panukala para sa mga iskolar ng probinsiya?
Lola, have you read the proposal for the provincial scholars?
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B
Nabasa ko. Dalawang taong serbisyo rito pagkatapos ng board exam, 'di ba?
I have. Two years of service here after the board exam, right?
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A
Opo, at hindi po patas iyon. Paano po ang mga gustong mag-abroad para sa pamilya nila?
Yes, and it isn't fair. What about the ones who want to work abroad for their families?
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B
Iskolar kayo ng probinsiya, iho. Buwis ng mga Batangueño ang nagpaaral sa inyo.
You're the province's scholars, young man. It was the taxes of the people of Batangas that put you through school.
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A
Marahil po marami pa ring nurse ang aalis kahit may ganitong patakaran. Babayaran na lang po nila ang scholarship.
Perhaps many nurses will leave anyway, even with a rule like this. They'll just pay back the scholarship.
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B
Maaaring tama ka, pero malamang may mananatili rin kapag nakita nila ang pangangailangan dito.
You may be right, but some will probably stay too, once they see how much they're needed here.
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A
Madali pong sabihin iyan, Lola, pero hindi pa po kayo naging iskolar na pinipigilang umalis.
That's easy to say, Lola, but you've never been a scholar being kept from leaving.
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B
Iskolar din ako ng probinsiya noong 1979. Dalawang taon lang ang usapan, pero apatnapung taon akong nanatili.
I was a provincial scholar too, in 1979. The deal was just two years, but I stayed forty.
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A
Apatnapung taon po? E dalawang taon lang po pala ang hinihingi sa akin.
Forty years? And all they're asking of me is two.
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