Day 96 of 160

Day 96: Banana Leaves Instead of Plastic

At a public market in Cubao, Quezon City, Nicole (B), a young officer of the city's environment department, comes to the stall of Aling Conching (A), who has sold fish there for fifty years, to present a proposed rule on plastic bags.

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

    Iha, ano 'yang dala mong papel? Bagong bayarin na naman ba?

    Iha, what's that paper you've got there? Another new fee?

  2. B

    Hindi po. Ayon po sa panukalang ordinansa, ipagbabawal na ang plastik sa mga pampublikong palengke.

    No. Under the proposed ordinance, plastic will be banned in public markets.

  3. A

    Naku, try mo ngang isilid ang basang isda sa paper bag. Butas agad!

    Oh, try putting wet fish in a paper bag. It tears right through!

  4. B

    Tama po kayo. Gayunman, layunin po nitong mabawasan ang plastik na bumabara sa mga estero.

    You're right. Even so, its aim is to cut down on the plastic that clogs the canals.

  5. A

    Alam ko 'yan. Noong araw, dahon ng saging lang ang pambalot namin sa isda.

    I know that. In the old days, we wrapped fish in nothing but banana leaves.

  6. B

    Dahon ng saging po? Saan po kayo kukuha ng ganoon karami?

    Banana leaves? Where would you get that many?

  7. A

    May pinsan ako sa Laguna na may sagingan. Dahon at sariling lalagyan ng mamimili ang isulat mo, hindi papel.

    My cousin in Laguna has a banana farm. Put down leaves and shoppers' own containers, not paper.

  8. B

    Isusulat ko po iyan sa ulat, Aling Conching. Baka kayo pa po ang maging mukha ng kampanya.

    I'll put that in the report, Aling Conching. You might even end up the face of the campaign.

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