Pedring's Questions/Transcript

(Karen and Inggo are pulling something)

Inggo: Phew!

Karen: Phew!

Pedring: Are we sure we can do this? I think we should ask Inggo.

Kokoy: What for? This is very easy. You just have to dig the soil and plant the banana!

Inggo: Pedring! Kokoy!

Karen: Hello.

Pedring: Oh, glad to see you, Karen and Inggo. Inggo, can we ask you a favor?

Inggo: What can I do for you, Pedring?

Pedring: We are going to plant banana. You can help us, can you not?

(the sentence 'You can help us, can you not?' appears, with 'can you not?' in yellow)

Inggo: Yes, I can! I am a farmer, you can ask me anything about planting, ha?

Kokoy: Thanks, Inggo, but we can manage, right? We need to bury the lower part of the banana plant under the soil.

Pedring: Inggo, we need to bury the lower part of the banana plant under the soil, do we not?

(said sentence appears below, with 'do we not?' in yellow, followed by a drawing in the topleft corner)

Inggo: Yes.

Kokoy: And then, we need to water our plants!

Pedring: Inggo, we need to water our plants, do we not?

(said sentence appears below, with 'do we not?' in yellow, followed by a drawing in the topleft corner)

Karen: Because plants need water to grow.

Kokoy: Our plants need sunlight to.

Pedring: Inggo, our plants need sunlight, don't-

(a drawing of a plant with sunlight appears in the topleft corner)

Kokoy: Wait, wait, wait, why do you keep on repeating everything I say, and then you put the question at the end? Tell me, you do not believe that I know how to plant a banana?

Pedring: Of course, of course I believe you. I'm just checking with Inggo. He knows more than we do. He is old.

Inggo: O-o-o-oh. Older.

Karen: Sorry.

Inggo: I'm saying older. There is nothing wrong with asking. Just make sure that you are doing things right.

Karen: Right. Pedring wants Inggo to confirm whatever you say. That is why he repeats what you have said and he adds a tag question at the end of his sentence.

(the words 'Tag Question' appear in yellow)

Inggo&Pedring&Kokoy: Tag question?

Kokoy: Why? What is a tag question?

Karen: (clears throat) We use a tag question when we want to know if people agree or not, when we want to get a yes or a no answer,

(the words 'Tag Question = a question attached to a statement to get a Yes or No answer" appears, with 'Tag Question' in yellow)

Karen: like what Pedring did, okay? He wanted to get a yes or no answer from Inggo, and he wanted to know whether Inggo agrees to what you and Pedring are doing.

Inggo&Kokoy: Ahh.

Inggo: So, um, you can only answer with a yes or no?

(the words 'Yes or No' appear in yellow)

Karen: Yes, then, of course, you can add something after the answer yes or no.

Inggo: Ahh. How fo you form a tag question again?

Karen: (snickers) It is easy. Plase get a piece of paper and pencil.

Inggo: Hmm. I have a notebook.

Karen: Oh! Good, good. Now, think of something that you want to know if people agree with you or not. Something that can be answered by a yes or a no.

Inggo: Hmm. (writes) I am a good friend.

Karen: Now, instead of a period, you put a comma after the word friend, and add 'am I not?'

(Inggo writes 'am I not?')

Inggo: I am a good friend, am I not?

(the sentence appears below, with 'am I not?' in yellow)

Karen: Hmm, yes. Yes, you are a good friend, Inggo.

Kokoy: That is a tag question?

Karen: Yes.

Pedring: Can I try?

Karen: Sure.

Pedring: Hmm, Inggo is a good farmer, is he not?

(the sentence appears below, with 'is he not?' in yellow)

Karen&Inggo: Right.

Inggo: Ah, ah! Here is another one. I am handsome, am I not?

Karen: That is right.

Inggo: Thanks.

Karen: I mean, that is a tag question, Inggo.

Inggo: Ah, no, no, no. Uh, am handsome, am I not?

(the sentence appears below, with 'is he not?' in yellow)

Kokoy: You are waiting for answer, are you not?

(the sentence appears below, with 'are you not?' in yellow)

Karen: Hey, that is also a tag question! Very good! So what do we like to discuss?

Inggo: No, no, no, no...

Karen: So, what else do you think we can do with tag questions?

Inggo: Uh, you still have not answered my tag question!

Karen: We are a happy bunch, are we not?

Pedring&Kokoy: Yes.

Inggo: You are supposed to answer with a 'yes'! Answer my tag question! (looks at camera) I am handsome, am I not?

(the transition this time is a plant that slowly grows, repeating twice)

Karen: Hello, Inggo.

Karen: Mhmm.

Karen: Look!

Inggo: Wow! Different kinds of plants and trees! This is a mango tree!

Karen: Mhmm.

Inggo: Huh, This is a papaya tree!

Karen: The roots are important for trees to grow.

Inggo: Mhmm. Of course! The roots absorb water from the soil.

Pedring: Hi, Karen. Hi, Inggo.

Karen: Hello!

Pedring: I have good news for you!

Karen: Really? Tell us!

Pedring: Well, my banana plant is starting to grow!

Karen: Ah, very good!

Inggo: Oh, oh! Very good! Let me see the drink. you water your banana plant everyday, do you?

(his sentence appears below, with 'do you?' in yellow, which is then crossed out)

Karen: Mhmm. Inggo, you are forgetting something. When you say a sentence that does not have the word not, and you want to add a tag question after it, the tag question must be negative.

(the words 'sentence without "not" tag question with "not"' appears, with both 'nots' in yellow)

Karen: it should always have the word 'not'.

Inggo: Ahh. Like, instead of 'do you',

Karen: Mhmm.

Inggo: I should say, do you not?

Karen: Mhmm.

Inggo: You water your banana plant everyday, do you not?

(the sentence appears below, with 'do you not?' in yellow)

Karen: Correct. The word 'not' makes a sentence or question negative.

(the sentence appears below, with 'not' in yellow)

Pedring: But what if the sentence already has the word not?

Inggo: Mhmm.

Karen: Mhmm. Well, then, your tag question must be positive.

Inggo: Oh, I get it.

Karen: Mhmm.

Inggo: Pedring, your banana plant is getting enough sunlight, is it not?

(the sentence appears below, with 'is it not?' in yellow)

Pedring: Yes.

Inggo: Ahh, when your banana plant bears fruits, you will share them with me, will you not?

(the sentence appears below, with 'will you not?' in yellow)

Karen: Inggo...

Inggo: I am just practicing my tag questions. Come on, Pedring! Let us go and check the banana plant!

Karen: Okay.

Inggo: Let's go!

Karen: Yoohoo!

(transition)

(we see Kokoy and two banana plants, with one growing better than the other)

Pedring: Karen! Inggo! Look!

Karen: Ooh.

Inggo: Well, well, well! The leaves are starting to grow! How is your plant, Kokoy?

Kokoy: Well, it is fine. There are some dry leaves, but I removed it already.

Karen: Hmm.

Inggo: Mmm. Uh, Kokoy, you water your plant everyday, don't you?

(the sentence appears below, with 'don't you?' in yellow)

Pedring: Yes, I do. I have just finished watering it.

Karen: Your plant is also getting enough sunlight, isn't it?

(Pedring nods)

Inggo: That's...really good!

(transition)

(Kokoy imagines two large banana trees)

(we then see a shriveled tree)

Karen: Hmmmm...

Pedring: (humming) Mmm...

Inggo: Kokoy, what happened?

Karen: What seems to be the problem here?

Inggo: Ahh, uh, it is okay, Kokoy. Anyway, you took care of it well.

Karen: You did not forget to water the plant everyday, did you?

(the sentence appears below, with 'did you?' in yellow)

Kokoy: No, I did not. I always water my plant.

Inggo: Kokoy, Pedring, where did you get those plants?

Kokoy: We found the plant over there. Pedring and I decided to replant it, so it can bear more fruits.

Karen: The plant? You mean, only one plant?

Kokoy: Yes, we cut this tree into two, so each of us can get his own part. Pedring got the lower part, which has the stem and the roots, and then-

Karen: ...and you got the upper part, which has the leaves, the young flowers, and the remaining stem, right.

Kokoy: You are right, Karen. (sighs)

Karen: So you planted the banana plant without roots?

Kokoy: Why?

Inggo: Kokoy, that is the reason why your plant died.

Karen: Roots are important parts of the trees' and plants' growth.

Inggo: Because they absorb water from the soil!

Kokoy&Pedring: Is that so?

Karen: That is so.

Kokoy: I should have really asked for help, Inggo. I-I'm sorry.

Inggo: It's okay, it's okay. Anyway, there is always a next time.

Kokoy: You are right. At least I have learned my lesson.

Inggo: Very good. You know what we can do? We can get rid of the dry leaves first...

(transition)

(Inggo is seen writing something)

Karen: Hello, Inggo.

Inggo: Hi, Karen.

Karen: You look busy.

Inggo: I just wrote down everything that I have learned about tag questions.

Karen: Oh, let me see!

Inggo: Well, if I want to get a yes or no answer about something I want to know, I can use a tag question.

(the words 'Tag Question = a question attached to a statement to get a Yes or No answer" appears, with 'Tag Question' in yellow)

Karen: And then?

Inggo: If I say something that has the word 'not', I should remove the word not in the tag question.

(the words 'sentence with "not" tag question without "not"' appears, with both 'nots' in yellow)

Karen: And if the sentence does not have 'not',

Inggo: then that tag question must have the word 'not'.

(the words 'sentence without "not" tag question with "not"' appears, with both 'nots' in yellow)

Karen: Oh! Very good.

Inggo: Ay, thank you, my friend. You are such a good teacher. Very good teacher. You know what, I may not always say this to you, but you are really good. You're a really, really, wonderful teacher.

Karen: Oh, thanks, Inggo.

Inggo: I am handsome, am I not?

Karen: You know, good tag question, but naah...You already know the answer to that, right?

Inggo: No, let's pretend that I don't know the answer.

Karen: Oh.

Inggo: I am handsome, am I not?

Karen: No, you're not.

(Inggo squeezes Karen's head)

Inggo: I am handsome, am I not?

Karen: I-I'm gonna go now.

Inggo: You're not leaving! You did not say anything!

Karen: I'm just leaving!