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.