Hi guys. Here is a video that I chose to translate from Binisaya into English. The reason that I chose this is because the lines stat...
Hi guys. Here is a video that I chose to translate from Binisaya into English. The reason that I chose this is because the lines stated in this video uses simple Binisaya structure (about 75% of his speech, to say the least). And most of all, it is a timely issue.
If you are wondering what the SAP - Social Amelioration Program is, this is the subsidy that the national government of the Philippines under the leadership of President Rodrigo Duterte is doling out to the poorest of the poor families of the country, which is roughly 4,000,000. It is similar to the $1200 that the Trump administration is distributing to the American citizens during the time of the Covid to help the people cope with the lockdown while they are unable to go to work.
Problems regarding the SAP arose when the distribution of the SAP became anomalous. Some families that deserved to receive it, were not given, while other families get more than what they should get. Some would return the excess that they got, but this only goes to show that selection and distributing of SAP is very arbitrary, to say the least. That is why a lot of funny SAP memes have been created by people to express their feelings of frustration about it.
I hope this will be able to help you understand the vlog of Berns J who is a Visayan speaker. His Visayan is Mindanao Visayan which is a mixture of many languages in the Visayan region and Luzon region. The main differences of Mindanao Visayan and Visayan-Visayan are basically vocabulary, some affixes but we actually refer to this as variations only, not differences.
I transcribed it first before I translated. So it is kind of a long process, one that I really enjoyed doing.
Maayong
adlaw natong tanan, ‘no.
Good day to all of us, okay?
Pasensya
gyud kaayo kung karon ra gyud ta nakahigayon og pa-press con.
Sorry that it is only now that we had a chance to hold a press con.
Parti
kini sa programa sa Social Amelioration, kung nganong dili
tanan matagaan.
This is
about the program for Social Amelioration, as to why not all
will be given.
Okay. Mao kini ang mga rason. Palihog ko og take down.
Okay. These are the reasons. Please take down.
Una,
naay aircon ang inyong balay.
First, your
house has an aircon.
Ikaduha,
naka-postpaid plan ka.
Second, you
are on postpaid plan.
Ikatulo,
naa moy TV plus ug cable TV.
Third, you
have a TV plus and cable TV.
Ika-upat,
naa moy wifi.
Fourth, you
have wifi.
Ikalima,
flat screen ang inyong TV.
Fifth, your
TV is flat screen.
Ika-unom,
naka-subscribe ka sa Netflix.
Sixth, you
subscribe to Netflix.
Ika-pito,
naay placemat ang inyong lamisa.
Seventh,
your table has placemats.
Naay
bidet ang inyong CR.
Your toilet
has a bidet.
Nag-post
ka og Starbucks ug nag-My day ka og milk tea.
You posted
about Starbucks and your My Day was about milk tea.
Ika-trese,
Gardenia ang brand sa inyong sliced bread ginapalit.
Thirteenth,
the brand of sliced bread you buy is Gardenia.
Butangan
nimo og Downy ang inyong mga nilabhan.
You put
Downy on your laundered clothes.
Purefoods
or Virginia ang inyong hotdog nga ginapalit.
Purefoods or
Virginia is the hotdog that you buy.
Naa
kay stock nga palaman sa inyong balay.
You have a
stock of spreads in your house.
Spaghetti
ug dili pansit miki ang inyong handa kung naay birthday.
You prepare
spaghetti or if not pansit miki if there is a birthday.
Dili
nimo gatungaon ug ikatulo ang kojik
soap.
You don’t
divide the Kojik soap into three.
Sigi
ka padeliver og Grab o Food Panda sa inyong balay.
You always
have a delivery from Grab or Food Panda in your house.
Mag-washing
ka kung maghapdos ang inyong mga kamot.
You use the
washing machine if your hands are sore.
Mangaway
ka og tindira kung dili ka mapansin
diritso.
You fight
with a storekeeper if you are not attended to immediately.
Naa
kay mineral water dispenser, hot and cold.
You have a
mineral water dispenser, hot and cold.
Iphone
ang imong cell phone.
Your
cellphone is an Iphone.
Nonstick ang inyong kalaha.
Your frying
pan is nonstick.
Ug
ang pinakalast ug pinakaimportante nganong dili mo matagaan
sa Social
Amelioration
And the last
and most important why you will not be given the
Social Amelioration:
Gisumbong
ka’s imong silingan sa DSWD kay nakadungog nimo
nga magsakit ang imong
kuto-kuto kung mokaon ka og sardinas.
Your
neighbor squealed on you to DSWD because he/she heard you
that your stomach
aches when you eat canned sardines.
Of course, guys, this is a satire and must be taken lightheartedly. The video is meant to explain why you were not given the SAP in a funny way and sarcastic way. However, Filipinos know there is a mystery on why others were given and others were not when clearly they were also deserving to get it.
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