Day 148: Fifty Pesos Short
At closing time in a pawnshop and remittance branch in Pasay, Jervin (A) and his fellow teller (B) count the day's cash.
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
Pare, kulang tayo ng singkuwenta. Tatlong beses ko nang binilang.
Man, we're fifty pesos short. I've counted it three times.
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B
Habang nagbibilang ka kanina, may nagpabarya ng singkuwenta, 'di ba?
While you were counting earlier, someone asked for change for a fifty, right?
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A
Oo! Nang iabot niya 'yung singkuwenta, ipinatong ko sa printer.
Yes! When he handed me the fifty, I put it on the printer.
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B
Pagka-print mo ng resibo, baka natakpan. Silipin mo nga!
Then when you printed a receipt, it might have gotten covered. Take a look!
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A
Heto, nasa ilalim ng mga resibo! Muntik na tayong mag-abono, pare.
Here it is, under the receipts! We almost had to pay it out of our own pockets, man.
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