Day 102: Ninang at Eighty
Paulo (B) visits his retired grade-school teacher, Ma'am Bining (A), now eighty, at her house to ask her to be a ninang, a principal sponsor, at his wedding.
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
Paulo, napadalaw ka! Ano ang sadya mo?
Paulo, what a nice surprise! What brings you here?
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B
Ma'am, ikakasal na po ako. Gusto ko po sanang kayo ang maging ninang namin.
Ma'am, I'm getting married. I was hoping you'd be our ninang.
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A
Ako? Nakakatuwa naman, ako pa ang naalala mo.
Me? How sweet of you to think of me.
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B
Sa inyo po ako natutong magbasa, Ma'am.
You're the one who taught me to read, Ma'am.
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A
Pero nakakahiya, nakatungkod na ako. Ang bagal ko nang maglakad.
But it's embarrassing, I use a cane now. I walk so slowly.
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B
Mas maganda nga po 'yon, Ma'am. Mas matagal kayong makikita ng lahat.
That makes it even better, Ma'am. Everyone gets to see you for longer.
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