Day 18: Half a Harvest, Full Rent?
At his family's house in San Miguel, Bulacan, Agustin (A), who has just taken over his father's rice land, receives Hilario (B), an older farmer who has leased it for forty years, and Hilario's daughter Myrna (C), who have come about the rent after a typhoon ruined half the harvest.
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
Maupo po kayo, Mang Hilario; ano po ang sadya ninyo?
Please have a seat, Mang Hilario. What brings you here?
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B
Tatlumpung kaban lang ang inani namin, kalahati ng dati, dahil sa bagyo.
We harvested only thirty cavans, half the usual, because of the typhoon.
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C
Kung labinlimang kaban pa rin po ang upa, halos wala nang matitira.
If the rent is still fifteen cavans, there'll be almost nothing left.
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A
Naiintindihan ko po, pero may binabayaran din po akong utang sa bangko.
I understand, but I'm paying off a bank loan too.
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B
Apatnapung taon kong binungkal ang lupang 'yan, at ni minsan hindi ako nagkulang sa ama mo.
I tilled that land for forty years, and not once did I fail your father.
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C
Kalahati lang po ng upa ngayong anihan, at babawi po kami sa susunod.
Just half the rent this harvest, and we'll make it up next season.
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A
Sige po, pito't kalahating kaban muna; mas mabigat pa sa utang ang apatnapung taon.
All right, seven and a half cavans for now. Forty years count for more than a debt.
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