Day 45 of 135

Day 45: Winter Coats for a Flood

At midnight in a Marikina school gym turned relief center after a flood, Camille (A) and Joanna (B), two friends volunteering together, open the last boxes of donations, with five hundred family packs due by six in the morning.

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

Audio for this lesson is coming soon. For now, read the dialogue and its translation.

Keys: E hide English · ← → previous / next day

  1. A

    Jo, alas-dose na. Limang daang pack bago mag-alas-sais, pero tatlong daan lang ang kaya ng bigas.

    Jo, it's midnight. Five hundred packs by six, and our rice only covers three hundred.

  2. B

    Tingnan natin ang biyaya... Winter coat! Ang thoughtful, para hindi lamigin ang mga lumulusong sa baha.

    Let's see our blessings... Winter coats! How thoughtful, so the people wading through the flood don't catch a chill.

  3. A

    Ito pa, may tag pa: evening gown. May dress code pala ang evacuation center.

    And this one, tag still on: an evening gown. Turns out the evacuation center has a dress code.

  4. B

    Perfect, may gown na ang mga evacuee para sa gala nila. Sana may tiara sa huling kahon.

    Perfect, now the evacuees have a gown for their gala. Here's hoping there's a tiara in the last box.

  5. A

    Walang tiara, pero may corned beef na expired noong isang taon. Aged to perfection.

    No tiara, but there's corned beef that expired last year. Aged to perfection.

  6. B

    Kumpleto na ang gala: gown, coat, at vintage na hapunan. Bigas na lang ang kulang.

    The gala is complete, then: gown, coat and a vintage dinner. All that's missing is rice.

  7. A

    Pero seryoso, may kakilala akong may ukay-ukay, bumibili siya ng winter coat nang bultuhan. Ibenta natin, ibili ng bigas.

    But seriously, I know someone with an ukay-ukay, a secondhand clothes shop, and she buys winter coats in bulk. Let's sell them and buy rice.

  8. B

    Ibenta ang donasyon? Camille, viral tayo bukas: "Mga volunteer, nagbenta ng relief goods."

    Sell donations? Camille, we'll be viral by tomorrow: "Volunteers caught selling relief goods."

  9. A

    Kaya hindi natin itatago. Ite-text ko ang coordinator, at accountant ako: bawat piso, may resibo.

    That's why we won't hide it. I'll text the coordinator, and I'm an accountant: every peso gets a receipt.

  10. B

    At ang expired, sa basurahan, hindi sa tiyan ng tao. Sige, pero kapag nakulong tayo, ikaw ang naka-gown.

    And the expired stuff goes in the trash, not in people's stomachs. Fine, but if we end up in jail, you're the one wearing the gown.

  11. A

    O, nag-reply na si Sir Ronnie: "Go, basta kumpleto ang resibo." Alas-kuwatro, palengke tayo.

    Oh, Sir Ronnie just replied: "Go, as long as the receipts are complete." Four o'clock, we hit the market.

Your progress is saved in this browser only, with no sign-up. The course page and the menu show where you left off. Well done! Next up: Day 46: Fair Share of the Adobo 

If this free course has helped you in your Tagalog journey, please consider supporting the project. It's a one-person effort, and even small contributions help keep it running and free for everyone.