Day 54: Who Planted, Who Harvests
At the barangay's vegetable garden on a vacant lot in Navotas, Rod (A) and his wife Jea (B), volunteers who water it every morning, find that someone has harvested the pechay before it was ready.
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
Jea, tingnan mo 'yung hilera ng pechay, ubos na! Pati 'yung maliliit pa.
Jea, look at the row of pechay, it's all gone! Even the little ones.
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B
Dalawang linggo pa sana 'yan. Hayaan mo na; kung hindi ukol, hindi bubukol.
Those needed two more weeks. Let it go; if it's not meant to be, it won't be.
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A
Ukol sana sa atin: tayo ang nagtanim, tayo ang nagdilig. Iba lang ang umani.
It was meant for us: we planted it, we watered it. Someone else just did the harvesting.
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B
Pero malay mo, gutom lang talaga 'yung kumuha, at may mga anak na pinapakain.
But who knows, maybe whoever took it was just really hungry, with kids to feed.
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A
E bakit hindi na lang siya humingi? Bibigyan naman natin siya.
Then why didn't they just ask? We'd have given them some.
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B
Baka nahiya. Ano kaya kung maglaan tayo ng isang hilera para sa kahit sino?
Maybe they were embarrassed. What if we set aside one row for anyone?
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A
Gusto ko 'yan, basta tutulong muna sila sa pagdidilig. Lagyan din natin ng karatula.
I like that, as long as they help with the watering first. Let's put up a sign too.
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B
Sige, 'yan ang i-propose natin sa Linggo, kasama ang karatula: "Gustong umani? Magdilig muna!"
Okay, that's what we'll propose on Sunday, along with the sign: "Want to harvest? Water first!"
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