Day 8: Teaching Proverbs to Teenagers
At a public high school in Marikina, Wally (A), the principal, interviews Gillian (B), who is applying to teach Filipino, and asks how she would teach salawikain to teenagers who find them old-fashioned.
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
Luma na raw ang salawikain para sa mga bata ngayon; paano mo ituturo 'yan?
They say kids today find proverbs old-fashioned. How would you teach them?
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B
Sisimulan ko po sa alam na nila: "Kung ano ang puno, siya ang bunga."
I'd start with one they already know: "As the tree, so the fruit."
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A
Alam nga nila, pero naiintindihan ba nila?
Sure, they know it, but do they understand it?
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B
Ipapahanap ko po sa kanila kung kanino sila nagmana, sa ugali man o sa hitsura.
I'd have them find out who they take after, in their ways or in their looks.
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A
Maganda, pero baka antukin pa rin sila sa klase mo.
Nice, but they might still nod off in your class.
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B
Kaya po may meme sa dulo: litrato ng mag-amang parehong nakasimangot, may salawikain sa ilalim.
That's why there's a meme at the end: a photo of a father and child both scowling, with the proverb underneath.
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A
Ha, puwede na 'yan sa page ng school! Kailan ka puwedeng mag-demo teaching?
Ha, that could go on the school's page! When can you do a teaching demo?
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