Day 37 of 135

Day 37: Senior Discount, Junior Appetites

At a Chinese restaurant in Binondo, after the seventy-fifth birthday lunch of Oring (B) with her grandchildren, the cashier tells her and her two old friends, Gaying (A) and Melchor (C), that the senior citizen discount covers only what they ate themselves.

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

    Para lang daw sa kinain natin ang discount. Aba, ang galing, ako pala ang umubos ng tatlong order ng siopao.

    So the discount only covers what we ate. Well, how about that, I'm the one who polished off three orders of siopao.

  2. B

    At ako, ang may kaarawan, ang umubos ng dalawang platong yang chow, kahit bawal sa akin ang kanin.

    And I, the birthday girl, finished two plates of yang chow, even though I'm not allowed rice.

  3. C

    Ako naman ang mag-isang umubos ng pata tim, pati buto, kailangan ko raw ng calcium.

    And me, I finished the pata tim all by myself, bones too. I'm told I need calcium.

  4. A

    Nakuwenta ko na, bilang retiradong guro: tayong tatlo ang umubos ng sampung putahe, tubig lang ang mga apo.

    I've done the math, as a retired teacher: the three of us ate ten dishes, and the grandkids had only water.

  5. B

    Kawawa naman ang mga apo ko, tubig lang pala, kaya hindi na sila makatayo sa busog.

    My poor grandkids, only water, no wonder they're too full to stand up.

  6. C

    Noong konduktor ako, ang discount ng senior, para sa upuan niya, hindi sa kandungan niya.

    Back when I was a conductor, a senior's discount covered his seat, not his lap.

  7. A

    Kampi ka pa sa cashier, Melchor? Dapat may senior discount din ang pagtataksil mo.

    You're siding with the cashier, Melchor? Your betrayal should get a senior discount too.

  8. C

    Hindi ako kampi, naaalala ko lang na sa bus, ang apong may sariling upuan, may sariling pamasahe.

    I'm not siding with anyone. I just remember that on the bus, a grandkid with their own seat pays their own fare.

  9. B

    Tama si Melchor. Ang mga apo ko, may kaniya-kaniyang upuan, trabaho, at tiyan.

    Melchor's right. My grandkids each have their own seats, their own jobs and their own stomachs.

  10. A

    Ibig mong sabihin, sila ang magbabayad ng sarili nilang kinain, sa mismong kaarawan mo?

    You mean they'll pay for their own food, on your birthday of all days?

  11. B

    Iyan ang regalo nila sa akin. Mga apo, halikayo, dalhin ninyo ang mga wallet ninyo!

    That's their present to me. Kids, come over here, and bring your wallets!

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