Day 56 of 160

Day 56: How the First Jeepneys Were Made

At a jeepney body workshop in Las Piñas, Charmaine (A), a young researcher for a documentary, interviews Celso (B), whose father built jeepneys from American army surplus jeeps after the Second World War.

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

    Mang Celso, paano po nagsimula ang talyer ninyo?

    Mang Celso, how did your workshop get started?

  2. B

    Kapag may isinuksok, may madudukot: inipon ni Tatay ang mga lumang piyesa ng jeep ng mga Amerikano.

    Tuck something away, and you'll have something to draw on: my father collected old parts from the Americans' jeeps.

  3. A

    Siya po ba ang unang nakaisip na gawing pampasada ang jeep?

    Was he the first to think of turning the jeep into public transport?

  4. B

    Siya ang kauna-unahan sa buong Pilipinas! Itanong mo pa sa kahit sinong tsuper dito.

    He was the very first in the whole Philippines! Ask any driver around here.

  5. A

    Sa mga nabasa ko po, marami nang gumagawa noon sa Maynila.

    From what I've read, lots of people were already building them in Manila back then.

  6. B

    Isa sa mga nauna, kung ganoon. Pero ang lumalakad nang matulin, kung matinik ay malalim, kaya dahan-dahan si Tatay.

    One of the first, then. But walk too fast and the thorn goes deep, so my father took his time.

  7. A

    Kaya po ba may gawa pa siyang tumatakbo hanggang ngayon?

    Is that why one of his is still running today?

  8. B

    Isa na lang, pamparada na. Huwag mong paniwalaan ang may-ari kapag sinabi niyang si MacArthur ang unang sumakay.

    Just one, and only in parades now. Don't believe the owner when he says MacArthur was its first passenger.

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