Day 2 of 160

Day 2: In a Farmer's Words

At the edge of a rice field in the Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Ambo (A), an older seed farmer, questions Rowena (B), a PhilRice scientist, about a new rice variety said to survive drought.

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

    Matibay ba sa tagtuyot ang binhing 'yan, o sa papel lang?

    Does that seed hold up in a drought, or only on paper?

  2. B

    Matibay po; sa trial namin, maganda ang yield kahit dalawang linggong walang ulan.

    It does. In our trial, the yield was good even after two weeks without rain.

  3. A

    Ani ang tawag namin, hindi yield. E kapag bitak-bitak ang lupa, hindi kaya puro ipa ang aanihin?

    We call it ani, not "yield." And when the ground cracks, won't we harvest nothing but chaff?

  4. B

    Hindi po, Mang Ambo; deep-rooted kasi ito, kaya hindi gaanong naaapektuhan ang grain filling.

    No, Mang Ambo. It's deep-rooted, so the grain filling isn't much affected.

  5. A

    Ibig mong sabihin, malalim ang ugat kaya hitik pa rin ang uhay?

    You mean the roots go deep, so the heads are still heavy with grain?

  6. B

    Ganoon nga po! Isusulat ko po 'yan para sa mga magsasaka.

    Exactly! I'm writing that down for the farmers.

  7. A

    Isama mo na ang tagtuyot at binhi; mas maiintindihan ka nila.

    Put down tagtuyot and binhi too. They'll understand you better.

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