Day 15 of 160

Day 15: June 12 or July 4

Watching the Independence Day rites on TV at home in Kawit, Cavite, Tonyo (A), a retired postman, tells his son Pablo (B), a history teacher, that he grew up celebrating independence on July 4.

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

    Noong bata ako, Hulyo 4 ang Araw ng Kalayaan, hindi Hunyo 12.

    When I was a kid, Independence Day was July 4, not June 12.

  2. B

    Pero, Tay, hindi ba't dito po mismo sa Kawit idineklara ang kalayaan noong 1898?

    But Dad, wasn't independence declared right here in Kawit in 1898?

  3. A

    Idineklara nga, pero sino ang namahala pagkatapos, 'di ba ang mga Amerikano?

    Declared, sure, but who ran things afterward? The Americans, right?

  4. B

    Opo, pero kung hindi tayo nag-alsa noon, may 1946 po kaya?

    Yes, but if we hadn't risen up back then, would there even have been a 1946?

  5. A

    Ano ang silbi ng kalayaang nasa papel lang? Noong 1946 lang tayo talagang nagsarili.

    What good is a freedom that's only on paper? We only truly governed ourselves in 1946.

  6. B

    Kung ano ang itinanim, siya ring aanihin, Tay; ani lang po ng 1898 ang 1946.

    You reap what you sow, Dad. 1946 was just the harvest of 1898.

  7. A

    Hindi ba't puwedeng tama tayong dalawa? Sige, lakasan mo, kakanta na sila.

    Can't we both be right? Go on, turn it up, they're about to sing.

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