Day 176: Overheating on Marilaque
On their first road trip together, Maureen (A) and her boyfriend Chris (B) pull over at a roadside eatery halfway along the winding Marilaque Highway in Rizal, after the car's temperature gauge shoots up.
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
Buti na lang may kainan dito. Ano kaya'ng nangyari sa makina?
Good thing there's a place to eat here. What do you think happened to the engine?
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B
Dahil siguro sa haba ng akyat. Kanina pa tayo paakyat, e.
Probably the long climb. We've been going uphill for ages.
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A
Pero ang daming dumadaan dito, hindi naman sila nag-o-overheat.
But so many cars come through here, and they don't overheat.
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B
Kailan ko nga ba huling nilagyan ng tubig 'yung radiator?
Now when did I last put water in the radiator?
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A
Hindi mo na-check bago tayo umalis? Kaya pala may naaamoy ako kanina pa!
You didn't check before we left? So that's why I've been smelling something for a while!
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B
Sorry na. Habang lumalamig ang makina, libre ko ang lomi.
Sorry. While the engine cools down, the lomi's on me.
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