Day 58 of 135

Day 58: Third Time Digging This Street

On their street in Parañaque, dug up for the third time this year, Gina (A), who runs a small bakery, stops to talk with her neighbor Carmen (B), an engineer at the city engineering office.

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

    Uy, Carmen, ang suwerte natin, tatlong beses nang inayos ang kalye natin ngayong taon. Eleksiyon na ba?

    Hey, Carmen, aren't we lucky? Our street's been fixed three times this year. Is it election season already?

  2. B

    Iba-iba ang naghukay, Gina. Ang una, water company, ang pangalawa, fiber ng telco. Kami pa lang ang drainage.

    Different people did the digging, Gina. First the water company, then a telco laying fiber. We're the first ones doing drainage.

  3. A

    Kaya pala parang buffet ang kalye, kaniya-kaniyang kuha. Sa susunod siguro, may maghuhukay naman ng ginto.

    So that's why the street looks like a buffet, everyone helping themselves. Next, I guess, someone will be digging for gold.

  4. B

    Animnapung sentimetro lang ang lumang tubo natin. Papalitan namin ng box culvert na isa't kalahating metro.

    Our old pipe is only sixty centimeters across. We're replacing it with a box culvert a meter and a half wide.

  5. A

    Wow, box culvert. Sana kasya rin diyan ang mga suki kong isang buwan nang hindi makadaan.

    Wow, a box culvert. I hope it has room for my regulars, who haven't been able to get through for a month.

  6. B

    Dalawang linggo na lang 'yan. Alam mo ba kung bakit barado ang tubo sa tapat mismo ng bakery mo?

    Just two more weeks. Do you know why the pipe right in front of your bakery is clogged?

  7. A

    Bakit, may tarpaulin ng kandidato sa loob?

    Why, is there a candidate's tarpaulin stuck in it?

  8. B

    Wala. Tumigas na harina at mantika, halos isang sako. Ang suwerte mo, libreng declogging.

    Nope. Hardened flour and grease, almost a whole sack. Lucky you, free declogging.

  9. A

    Harina? Ibig mong sabihin, 'yung hinuhugasan ng mga tauhan ko tuwing gabi...

    Flour? You mean what my staff wash out every night...

  10. B

    Diretso sa kanal, kaya pag-ulan, wala nang madaanan ang tubig, at sa tapat mo umaapaw.

    Straight into the drain, so when it rains, the water has nowhere to go, and it overflows right in front of your place.

  11. A

    O, sige, bibili na ako ng grease trap. Pero kapag bumaha pa rin, ikaw ang ilalagay ko sa tarpaulin.

    Okay, fine, I'll buy a grease trap. But if it still floods, it's your face I'm putting on a tarpaulin.

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