Two Wrongs Do Not Make a Right/Transcript

(we see Mang Jose in his shop)

Inggo: Mang Jose!

Mang Jose: Inggo, I have been waiting for you for a long time now!

Inggo: Pasensya na, po.

Mang Jose: May kukunin lang ako sandali sa bahay. Watch the store until I get back.

Inggo: Phew!

Karen: Hi, Inggo! What are you doing?

Inggo: Oh, I took a part-time job taking these goods for Mang Jose. ''Parang ayaw ko na yan, ata. Mainit na ulo ngayon.''

Chito: Hi, Karen hello, Inggo.

Karen: Hello!

Chito: A, ito ang mga mangga.

Karen: Goodbye!

Inggo: I asked for Chito's help. All the deliveries...could not fit on my bicycle.

Karen: Oh, good!

Inggo: Mang Jose!

Mang Jose: ''Ay! May nakalimutan ko!''

Inggo: Mang Jose! Here are the mangoes!

Karen: Hello!

Mang Jose: Bakit kay lagay dito? You were not the one who brought this, were you? Who brought this?

Inggo: The mangos were b-b-brought.

Mang Jose: Yes, I know what we brought. I'm asking you who brought this? (pause) Ah, you were useless!

Inggo: Nakita mo, Karen? He did not even let me finish my sentence. What I was going to say was that the mangoes were brought by Chito!

Karen: Yes, he seemed very impatient, but maybe you should try using a different voice from time to time.

(the word 'Voice' pops up in yellow)

Inggo: Why? Is there something wrong with my voice?

Karen: No, no, no, not your speaking voice. I was talking about the voice of the verb.

(the words 'voice of the verb' pop up in yellow)

Inggo: Huh? You mean, verbs have voices, too? How can they talk?

Karen: (laughs) Well, they do not talk. Their 'voice' depends on what the subject does in the sentence.

Inggo: What the subject does. So...if I said...uh, dum... 'the-the mangoes were brought by Chito,' hmm, the subject is mangoes, right, Karen? So...what it does in the sentence is, uh, um....What does it do?

(the word 'mangoes' turns blue, with the word 'Subject' appearing above)

Karen: Nothing! (clears throat) The mangoes were the ones that were brought,

(the words 'were brought' turn yellow)

Karen: but they did not bring anything.

Inggo: Yes, Chito was the one who brought them.

Karen: Yes, Chito is the doer of the action, while the mangoes are the receiver of the action.

(the word 'Chito' turns blue, with 'doer' appearing above, and the word 'Receiver' appears over 'mangoes')

Karen: You were using the passive voice, Inggo.

(the words 'Passive Voice' appear in yellow)

Inggo: I...was? Uh, I was! I was! How?

Karen: Hmm, (clears throat) well, the subject of the sentence is 'the mangoes', the receiver of the action, and they are passive because they do nothing!

(the words 'Subject = Receiver' appear over 'mangoes' in blue)

Karen: and they are passive because they do nothing!

(the sentence 'Passive Subject does not do anything.' appears, with 'Passive Subject' in blue)

Inggo: Oh, I get it now, so if the subject of the sentence is the receiver of the action,

Karen: Yes.

Inggo: the verb has a passive voice.

(the sentence 'If the subject of the sentence is the receiver of the action, the verb is in the Passive Voice.' appears, with 'Passive Voice.' in yellow)

Karen: Correct.

Inggo: Ah, what if the subject of the sentence was the one that did the action?

Karen: Then, it...is the active voice.

(the sentence 'If the subject of the sentence is the doer of the action, the verb is in the Active Voice.' appears, with 'Active Voice.' in yellow)

Inggo: It becomes active?

Karen: Yes, the subject is active because it is the doer of the action.

(the words 'doer of the action' turn blue)

Inggo: Ah, alright, alright, I will use the active voice! (clears throat) The doer of the action is Chito. That makes him the subject,

Karen: Correct, correct.

Inggo: so I should msay 'Chito brought the mangoes.'

(the sentence appears below, with 'Subject' in blue over 'Chito' and 'brought' in yellow)

Inggo: Wait a minute, wait a minute, I think that was what I should have said to Mang Jose.

Karen: I agree. Mang Jose was asking who brought th mangoes, so it would have been better to put emphasis or importance on Chito.

Inggo: Oh, yes, because...Chito brought the...mangoes. He is the doer of the action!

(the sentence reappears, with 'doer of the action' over 'Chito')

Karen: That is right. The active voice is used to emphasize the doer of the action,

(the sentence appears below, with 'Active Voice' in yellow and 'doer of the action' in blue)

Karen: while the passive voice is used to emphasize the receiver of the action.

(the sentence appears below, with 'Passive Voice' in yellow and 'receiverer of the action' in blue)

Inggo: Ah, like right now, I am feeling sorry for myself! Yeah, so I want to put emphasis on myself! That is why I used the passive voice! I was scolded by Mang Jose.

(the sentence 'Passive Voice: I was scolded by Mang Jose' appears below, with 'Passive Voice:' and 'was scolded' in yellow)

Inggo: That is why I want to put emphasis on him, so I used the active voice. Mang Jose scolded me!

(the sentence 'Active Voice: Mang Jose scolded me.' appears below, with 'Active Voice:' and 'scolded' in yellow)

Karen: Inggo, take it easy. He is just having a bad day.

Inggo: Oh, but he is making it tougher on me! That is why I am going to make it tougher for him.

Karen: But it will only make it worse!

Inggo: That's all right. I will not do it. Not yet.

(the transition this time contains a kid and a farmer, with the farmer raking)

Inggo: Ah.

Karen: Hi, Inggo.

Inggo: Ah, Karen!

Karen: Yes?

Inggo: Anong nangyari kay Mang Jose?

Karen: Hmm, his stocks were all messed up when he got here. He had to arrange them all day. He was going to close the store, but...he took a nap first.

Inggo: Ah, really?

Karen: You...would not know anything about this, now, would you?

Inggo: Hmm, no.

Karen: Inggo...

Inggo: Ay, okay, I did it.

Karen: What?

Inggo: I messed up Mang Jose's stocks.

(the sentence appears below, with 'messed up' in yellow)

Karen: Ooohhh...

Inggo: I am the doer of the action.

('doer of the action' appears in blue over 'I')

Karen: Uh, and I am the subject of the sentence. That is why I can put emphasis on myself! I am using the...active voice!

(the words 'Active Voice' appear in yellow)

Karen: Inggo...you should not be proud of what you did!

Inggo: Hmm, hmm, hmm, but Mang Jose started it.

(the sentence appears below, with 'started' in yellow)

Inggo: He was the doer of the action! That is why I used the...active voice! I can even use the passive voice, if you want! Huh, this whole mess was started by Mang Jose.

(the sentence appears below, with 'was started' in yellow)

Inggo: Hmm, 'this whole mess' is the receiver of Mang Jose's... (whispers) actions.

('Receiver of the action' appears in blue over 'This whole mess')

Karen: (clears throat) It does not matter who started it. You really think that what you did was right?

Inggo: But Mang Jose! No. And now, I am not proud of what I did. Mang Jose?

Mang Jose: Inggo.

Inggo: I have something to tlel you.

Mang Jose: What is it?

Inggo: Umm, Mang Jose? I was the one who messed up your stocks.

Mang Jose: WHAT?!

Inggo: I am really sorry, Mang Jose. I only did that because you were...so mean to me.

Mang Jose: That is not an excuse for what you did!

Inggo: But Mang Jose-

Mang Jose: Tama na. I have to go home. I need to rest.

Karen: Maybe Mang Jose just needs time to calm down.

Inggo: Ah! Alam ku na. I am going to write him a letter. That will give him enough time to think about my apology.

Karen: Mhmm! That sounds like a good idea.

Inggo: 'Dear Mang Jose, I am very sory. Your stocks will never be messed up by me again. I hope that I can still be forgiven by you.'

(the paragraph appears, with 'will never be messed up' and 'that I can still be forgiven' are in yellow)

Karen: Inggo, maybe it would be better to use the active voice!

Inggo: Why?

Karen: Well, you want to catch Mang Jose's attention, do you not?

(the words 'Active Voice' appear in yellow)

Inggo: Yes, I do.

Karen: Huh, the active voice emphasizes action, so it sounds (shouts) livelier. (normal voice) When writing letters, formal compositions, or stories, it is usually better to use the active voice, especially when you want to (shouts) grab (normal voice) the viewer's attention.

(the sentences 'Active voice emphasizes action. It makes writing letters, formal compositions or stories lvelier.' appear, with 'Active Voice' in yellow)

Inggo: You mwan, the passive voice...should not be used in writing?

Karen: You can use the passive voice when you are writing something that is not personal.

(the sentence 'Passive voice is used when writing about impersonal topics.' appear, with 'Passive Voice' in yellow)

Karen: Um, like experiments in Science, for example.

Inggo: Ah, meron na-meron kaming dun yan sa eskwela. Ah, yung, we would write things like 'the experiment was performed' and 'these results were reached.'

(the sentences appear below, with 'was performed' and 'were reached' in yellow)

Karen: Mmm, they were both in the passive voice.

(the words 'Passive Voice' appear in yellow)

Inggo: But I'm writing something personal, so I am going to use...the active voice!

Karen: Correct!

Inggo: 'I will never mess up your stocks again. I hope that you can still forgive me.'

(the new sentences appear instead, with 'will never mess up' and 'can still forgive' in yellow)

Karen: Very good.

(transition)

♫ Getting even is not the answer. ♫

♫ Show them that you know better. ♫

♫ Always keep your cool ♫

♫ And never be cruel ♫

♫ Don't do to others what you hate ♫

♫ In time, it may be too late ♫

♫ Just do the right thing ♫

♫ And peace you may bring. ♫

♫ Two wrongs don't make a right ♫

♫ Things get worse when you fight ♫

♫ Be the wiser one ♫

♫ Don't harm anyone. ♫

(transition)

Inggo: Mhmm, guess what, Karen?

Karen: What?

Inggo: Mang Jose's stock was arranged by me.

(his sentence appears below, with 'was arranged' in yellow)

Karen: Wow, very good!

Inggo: That is the passive voice, is it not?

(the words 'Passive Voice' appear in yellow)

Karen: Yes it is! 'Mang Jose's stock' is a subject and the receiver of the action,

(the words 'Subject = Receiver of the action' appear over 'stock' in blue)

Inggo: Mhmm.

Karen: but you should be proud of what you did. Try putting emphasis on yourself.

Inggo: Ah, that is easy. I will say it in the active voice.

(the words 'Active Voice' appear in yellow)

Inggo: I am the doer of the action, and I will make myself the subject.

Karen: Okay.

Inggo: Alright. I arranged Mang Jose's stock.

(his sentence appears below, with 'arranged' in yellow)

Karen: Very good.

Mang Jose: Inggo? Everything is all arranged. You did this?

Inggo: Yes, Mang Jose.

Mang Jose: Good.

Inggo: Um, Mang Jose? Have you read my letter?

Mang Jose: I did. And, um...since you really feel bad about what you did, I forgive you, Inggo. Just make sure that you do it again.

Inggo: I promise. You were right, Karen. The active voice...does work well in writing.

Mang Jose: And, uh, sometimes...it can be stressful around here, so you have to excuse me if I lose my temper once in a while.

Inggo: I am forgiven, Karen. Ah! That is in the passive voice.

Karen: Yes.

Inggo: Mang Jose?

Mang Jose: Hmm?

Inggo: This time I will put emphasis of you. I will make you the subject and I'll use the active voice. Mang Jose...forgave me!

(they both hug, with Mang Jose laughing)