Day 72 of 135

Day 72: GG at the Old Pisonet

At the pisonet shop in Pandacan, Manila, that Nestor (B) has run since it was an arcade in the nineties, he welcomes back Eli (A), a young pro mobile gamer who spent his childhood on its one-peso computers.

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.

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  1. A

    Kuya Nestor! Nandito pa rin po ang PC number five, 'yung lagi naming pinag-aagawan!

    Kuya Nestor! PC number five is still here, the one we always fought over!

  2. B

    Aba, si Eli, 'yung batang umiiyak kapag naubos ang piso! Pro player ka na raw.

    Well, if it isn't Eli, the kid who cried whenever his peso ran out! I hear you're a pro player now.

  3. A

    Opo, pero dito po ako natutong mag-carry. Dito rin po ang una kong GG, umiiyak pa ako.

    Yes, but this is where I learned to carry. My first GG was here too, in tears.

  4. B

    GG? Sa panahon ko, Game Over ang tawag diyan, at piso ang isang buhay. Walang respawn.

    GG? In my day, we called that Game Over, and a life cost one peso. No respawns.

  5. A

    Kaya pala po hanggang first mission lang ang record ninyo sa Metal Slug. Tipid sa buhay!

    So that's why your Metal Slug record only goes up to the first mission. Thrifty with lives!

  6. B

    Hoy, pinagbibigyan ko lang ang mga bata noon! Ikaw nga, nag-AFK sa unang Dota mo kasi tinawag ka ng nanay mo.

    Hey, I was just giving the kids a chance back then! And you went AFK in your first Dota game because your mom called you.

  7. A

    GG na po, Kuya, panalo na kayo. Pero totoo po, sa inyo ko natutuhan na may oras ang laro.

    GG, Kuya, you win. But really, it was from you that I learned there's a time for games.

  8. B

    Ako pa? E bakit ka ba talaga napadaan? Hindi ka lalabas ng BGC para lang mag-pisonet.

    Me? So why did you really drop by? You wouldn't leave BGC just to play at a pisonet.

  9. A

    Magbubukas po ng training hub ang sponsor namin para sa mga batang Pandacan, dito po mismo.

    Our sponsor is opening a training hub for the kids of Pandacan, right here.

  10. B

    Dito? Sa luma kong pisonet? Kalahati ng monitor ko, may guhit na.

    Here? In my old pisonet? Half my monitors have lines across the screen.

  11. A

    Papalitan po lahat, may fiber pa. Kondisyon lang po: kayo ang mamamahala, kasi kayo lang ang nakakapagpauwi ng bata bago mag-alas-nuwebe.

    Everything gets replaced, with fiber too. Just one condition: you run it, because you're the only one who can get kids home before nine.

  12. B

    ...Ikaw talaga. Sige, pero sa hub na 'yan, walang Game Over, puro Continue.

    ...Oh, you. All right, but in that hub, there's no Game Over, only Continue.

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