Day 137: Eighty Hours Short
Two weeks before graduation, Jhay (A), an engineering student, comes to his OJT coordinator, Abner (B), with bad news about his on-the-job training.
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
Sir, sabi po ng HR, kulang pa raw ako ng walumpung oras.
Sir, HR says I'm still eighty hours short.
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B
Walumpu? E dalawang linggo na lang, graduation na!
Eighty? But graduation is only two weeks away!
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A
Opo. Baka hindi raw po ako makapagmartsa.
Yes. They said I might not get to march.
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B
Patingin ng logbook mo. Sinabi mo ba sa kanilang pumapasok ka tuwing Sabado?
Let me see your logbook. Did you tell them you work every Saturday?
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A
Hindi po, pero pirmado naman po ng supervisor ko.
No, but my supervisor signed off on them.
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B
Ayan, sampung Sabado, tig-walong oras. Walumpu 'yan, hindi lang nila binilang.
There: ten Saturdays, eight hours each. That's your eighty, they just didn't count them.
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