Day 1 of 135

Day 1: Sarcasm Is Not a Confession

At the fact-checking desk of an online news site, Irene (A), the editor, stops Gwen (B), a young fact-checker, just before she uploads a "False" rating for a town councilor's viral line about owning the whole town.

How to study this lesson 3 steps
  1. Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
  2. Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense.
  3. Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native Tagalog. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.

Dialogue

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  1. A

    Gwen, sandali, huwag mo munang i-upload. "False" talaga ang rating mo kay Konsehal Santiago?

    Gwen, hold on, don't upload that yet. You're really rating Councilor Santiago "False"?

  2. B

    Opo, tinawagan ko na po ang assessor's office: wala po siyang ni isang lote.

    Yes. I already called the assessor's office, and he doesn't own a single lot.

  3. A

    Pinanood mo ba ang buong video, o 'yung putol lang? Pakinggan mo hanggang dulo.

    Did you watch the whole video, or just the cut-up clip? Listen all the way to the end.

  4. B

    "Oo na, ako na ang may-ari ng buong bayan, pati ng buwan." Sarcastic nga po, pero libo-libo na ang nag-share bilang pag-amin.

    "Fine, yes, I own the whole town, and the moon too." Okay, it's sarcastic, but thousands have already shared it as a confession.

  5. A

    Sige, lagyan na rin natin ng "False" ang "Ang ganda ng panahon" tuwing umuulan.

    Sure, and while we're at it, let's rate "What lovely weather" as "False" every time it rains.

  6. B

    Ma'am naman, iba po 'yon. Wala pong nagse-share ng "Ang ganda ng panahon" na may caption na "UMAMIN NA!"

    Come on, Ma'am, that's different. Nobody shares "What lovely weather" with the caption "HE CONFESSED!"

  7. A

    Ayan ang totoong claim: hindi ang biro ang mali, kundi ang caption ng nag-crop.

    There's the real claim: it's not the joke that's false, it's the caption of whoever cropped the clip.

  8. B

    Kung ganoon po, ang post ang susuriin natin, at "Missing Context" ang rating.

    Then it's the post we check, and the rating is "Missing Context."

  9. A

    Tama, isulat mo na. Ang bilis mo talaga, alas-onse kuwarenta pa lang naman.

    Right, write it up. You're so quick, and it's only eleven-forty.

  10. B

    Opo, Ma'am, aabot po bago mag-alas-dose. Seryoso po 'yan, hindi sarcastic.

    Yes, Ma'am, it'll be up before noon. And I mean that seriously, not sarcastically.

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