Day 104: Ninety-Eight in Math
At their weekly tutoring session at his house, Elijah (B), a high school student who failed his last math exam, shows his tutor Nikki (A) his quarterly exam.
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
Ninety-eight? Ikaw mismo ang sumagot nito?
Ninety-eight? You answered this yourself?
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B
Opo, ako po talaga! Na-perfect ko pa nga po ang word problems.
Yes, it was really me! I even got all the word problems right.
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A
E bagsak ka noong last quarter. Sige nga, paano mo sinagot 'tong number five?
But you failed last quarter. Go on, then, how did you answer number five?
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B
Ganito po: inuna ko 'yung parentheses, tapos saka ako nag-multiply.
Like this: I did the parentheses first, and then I multiplied.
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A
Tama! Grabe, ikaw nga talaga ang sumagot.
Correct! Wow, it really was you.
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B
So, Ate, 'yung Jollibee po na ipinangako ninyo?
So, Ate, what about the Jollibee you promised me?
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