Day 155: A Table With a History
Julia (A), a young woman furnishing her first apartment, comes to pick up a dining table she found on Facebook Marketplace from Tina (B), who is moving to Canada after eighteen years in the house.
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
Magandang hapon po! Ako po 'yung kukuha ng mesa.
Good afternoon! I'm here to pick up the table.
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B
Pasok ka. Matagal na 'yan sa amin, mula noong ikinasal kami.
Come in. We've had it a long time, ever since we got married.
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A
Ang tibay pa po! Ano po 'yung mga pangalang nakaukit sa gilid?
It's still so sturdy! What are those names carved along the edge?
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B
Mga anak ko ang gumawa niyan noong bata pa sila.
My kids did that when they were little.
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A
Ipapa-refinish ko po sana. Okay lang po ba?
I was planning to have it refinished. Is that all right?
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B
Sa 'yo na 'yan. Pero sana, huwag mong galawin 'yung mga pangalan.
It's yours now. But I hope you'll leave the names alone.
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