Bagong buhay New|New life Neues Leben New life 새로운 삶 Nieuw leven Vida nova 新生

Maraming problema ang aming nayon. many|problems|the|our|village Our village has many problems. Mahaba ang pila sa pag-igib ng tubig kasi iisa lang ang gripo. Long|the|line|in the|fetching|fetching water|of|water|because|only one|language|the|faucet There is a long queue to draw water because there is only one tap.

Naghihintay lang kami ng pagkaing donasyon galing sa iba. Waiting|just|we|of|food donations|donated food|from|to|others We are just waiting for food donations from others.

Maaga kaming nagsasara ng bahay dahil may magnanakaw. Early|we|close up|of the|house|because of|there is|thief We close the house early because there is a thief.

Maraming bata ang tumitigil sa pag-aaral. Many|children|the|stop|in|in|study Many children drop out of school.

Pumapasok naman bilang katulong ang mga dalaga sa ibang nayon. Work|"also"|as|household helper|the||young women||other|village The young women enter as helpers in other villages.

May mga binatang istambay at pagala-gala habang tumutulong ang iba sa bukid. there are||young men|loitering young men||wandering around|wandering around|while|helping out||||field There are young men hanging out and wandering around while others help in the fields.

Kumakalat ang basura kung saan-saan kapag malakas ang hangin. Spreading||trash|if|everywhere||when|strong||wind Garbage is scattered everywhere when the wind is strong.

Nasusugatan ang ilan dahil sa bubog na tinapon na lang basta. Injured||some|because of|in|broken glass|that was just|thrown away|already||carelessly Some are injured because of the broken glass that was just thrown away.

Isang araw, nawalan ng tubig ang gripo at hindi kami nakapag-igib. A||lost||water|the|faucet|at||we|able to|fetch water One day, the faucet ran out of water and we couldn't drink.

Pinuntahan ni tatay ang bawat isa sa kanilang bahay para tawagin ang isang pulong. Visited||||each|one||their|house||to call for|||meeting Dad went to each of their homes to call a meeting.

Nagtipon ang mga tao sa ilalim ng malaking puno. Gathered|||people||under the|of|large|tree People gathered under a big tree.

Tumayo si tatay sa harap, “Kailangan nating magtulong-tulong para malutas ang mga problema.” stood up|(affirmative particle)|dad|in the|in front|Need to|our|work together|help each other|to|solve||| Dad stood in front, "We need to help each other to solve problems."

“Tutulong akong maglinis,” sigaw ng walong taon na si Juma habang nakaupo sa putol na puno. I will help||clean|shouted||eight-year-old|years old|eight-year-old||Juma|while sitting on|sitting on||cut-down tree||tree stump "I'm going to help clean," shouted eight-year-old Juma while sitting on a cut tree.

“Magtatanim kaming mga babae ng makakain,” sabi ng isang ale. "We women will plant food," said a lady.|we women||women|of|"something to eat"|said|of|a|woman "We girls will grow food," said an ale.

“Maghuhukay kaming mga lalaki para makahanap ng balon,” sabi naman ng isang mama. will dig|we men||men||find||water well||"in turn"|||man "We boys will dig to find a well," said a mother.

“Magbabagong buhay tayo,” sigaw naming lahat. Will change|new life|we|shouted|our shout|all of us "We will change our lives," we all shouted. Iyon nga ang aming ginawa. That|indeed||our|did That's exactly what we did.