Day 47: An MBA for the Sari-Sari Store
Behind the counter of her sari-sari store in Malabon, Tita Rebecca (A) asks her nephew Jay (B), fresh from his MBA, about his plan to optimize her business.
How to study this lesson 3 steps
- Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
- Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense.
- 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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A
O, Jay, dalawang taon ka sa MBA. Ano'ng plano mo sa tindahan ko?
So, Jay, two years of MBA. What's your plan for my store?
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B
Tita, kailangan po nating i-optimize ang inventory turnover at i-leverage ang foot traffic.
Tita, we need to optimize the inventory turnover and leverage the foot traffic.
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A
Sa Tagalog: bilisan ang benta, pabilhin ang dumadaan. Dalawang taon ng tuition para diyan?
In Tagalog: sell faster, and get the people walking by to buy. Two years of tuition for that?
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B
May SKU rationalization pa po: sobrang dami ng klase ng shampoo ninyo.
There's SKU rationalization too: you carry way too many kinds of shampoo.
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A
Ah, tanggalin ang sachet ni Aling Zeny. Kapag nawala ang shampoo niya, lilipat 'yan sa kabilang kanto.
Ah, get rid of Aling Zeny's sachets. If her shampoo disappears, she'll move to the store on the next corner.
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B
Isa pa po, mataas ang credit risk ninyo. Kailangan po nating bawasan ang accounts receivable.
One more thing, your credit risk is high. We need to bring down your accounts receivable.
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A
Ibig mong sabihin, ang listahan ng utang. Ang pinakamalaki riyan, tatay mo. Singilin ko na ba?
You mean my list of tabs. The biggest one in there is your father. Shall I start collecting?
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B
Huwag na po muna. Panghuli na po: mag-GCash na kayo, QR lang sa counter, para wala nang hanapan ng barya.
Let's hold off on that. Last one: take GCash, just a QR code on the counter, so there's no more hunting for change.
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A
Talaga, wala nang barya? Sampung taon akong nakikipagpalit ng barya sa mga tsuper, bakit ngayon mo lang sinabi?
Really, no more coins? For ten years I've been swapping bills for coins with the jeepney drivers, and you only tell me now?
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B
Quick win po ang tawag diyan, Tita. Libre na po ang consultancy ko, basta burahin ninyo ang utang ni Papa.
That's what we call a quick win, Tita. My consultancy's free, as long as you wipe out Dad's tab.
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