Day 13: Two Days in Rice
At a phone repair stall in a Quiapo mall, Alice (A), a customer, brings her phone to the technician, Rosalie (B).
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
Pakitingnan po 'tong phone ko. Nahulog po sa timba ng tubig.
Could you please look at my phone? It fell into a pail of water.
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B
Patingin po. Kailan po nangyari?
Let me see. When did it happen?
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A
Noong Linggo pa po. Dalawang araw ko pong ibinaon sa bigas!
Back on Sunday. I buried it in rice for two days!
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B
Ay, 'di po talaga gumagana 'yung bigas. Bubuksan ko po muna 'to.
Oh, rice doesn't really work. Let me open it up first.
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A
Ha? Sayang lang po pala 'yung dalawang araw!
What? So those two days were for nothing!
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