Day 134 of 135

Day 134: Tita Got the VIP Tickets

In the long line outside a K-pop concert at the Philippine Arena in Bulacan, cousins Nathaniel (A) and Bong (C), who came only as escorts, tease their aunt (B), who holds the VIP tickets.

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

    Tita, kayo na po ang main character, sana all may VIP. Kayo lang po yata ang tita sa buong pila.

    Tita, you're the main character; wish we all had VIP. You might be the only tita in the whole line.

  2. B

    Salamat, iho. Kayo naman ang mga side character na may hawak ng tubig at payong ko.

    Thanks, iho. And you two are the side characters holding my water and my umbrella.

  3. C

    Tita, sabi po ng mga katabi natin, kayo raw ang pinakamatandang fan sa pila. OG po kayo, respeto.

    Tita, the people next to us say you're the oldest fan in the line. You're an OG, respect.

  4. B

    Pinakamatanda? Pinakamatagal, iho. Noong panahon ko, sa Araneta kami pumipila nang magdamag, walang Grab, walang power bank.

    Oldest? Longest-serving, iho. In my day, we lined up overnight at Araneta, with no Grab and no power banks.

  5. A

    Magdamag po? Sino po ba ang pinipilahan ninyo noon, Tita?

    Overnight? Who were you lining up for back then, Tita?

  6. B

    Basta. "Kilig to the bones" kami noon, presidente pa ako ng fans club. Ngayon, may lightstick na naka-sync sa Bluetooth.

    Never mind. We were "kilig to the bones" back then, and I was even president of the fan club. Now I've got a lightstick synced over Bluetooth.

  7. C

    Tita, ang angas po! Pero sino po ba ang bias ninyo? Para alam po namin kung sino ang isisigaw namin.

    Tita, that's fire! But who's your bias? So we know whose name to scream.

  8. B

    Bias ko ang leader, pero bias wrecker ko ang maknae. At huwag kayong sisigaw nang basta-basta; may fanchant, at kabisado ko.

    My bias is the leader, but my bias wrecker is the maknae, the youngest. And don't just scream whenever you like; there's a fan chant, and I know it by heart.

  9. A

    Bias wrecker? Bong, mas Gen Z pa si Tita kaysa sa atin. Tita, saan po ninyo natutuhan 'yan?

    Bias wrecker? Bong, Tita's more Gen Z than we are. Tita, where did you learn all that?

  10. B

    Sa group chat ng fans club namin, at sa sarili kong pagsisikap. Ang fangirl, iho, nag-a-upgrade, hindi nagre-retire.

    In our fan club's group chat, and by my own hard work. A fangirl upgrades, iho, she doesn't retire.

  11. C

    Tita, idol na po namin kayo. Puwede po ba ninyo kaming turuan ng fanchant bago bumukas ang gate?

    Tita, you're our idol now. Could you teach us the fan chant before the gates open?

  12. B

    Puwede, pero may bayad: kayo ang pipila sa merch booth, at "fan" na ang ilalagay ninyo sa bio, hindi "escort."

    Sure, but it'll cost you: you two are lining up at the merch booth, and your bios say "fan" now, not "escort."

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