Day 177: Sundays Belong to Basketball
Nonoy (B) and his wife (A) have been married for twenty years, and she brings up his Sunday basketball league with his old friends, which now takes up the whole day.
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
Nonoy, buong araw ka na naman sa court ngayong Linggo?
Nonoy, are you spending the whole day at the court again this Sunday?
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B
Hindi naman buong araw 'yon. Dalawang game lang kami.
It's not the whole day. We only play two games.
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A
Siguro nga hindi, pero alas-siyete ka na umuuwi. Gabi na 'yon, Nonoy!
Maybe not, but you get home at seven. That's nighttime, Nonoy!
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B
Tama ka. Nagkukuwentuhan pa kasi kami pagkatapos ng laro.
You're right. We end up hanging around and talking after the games.
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A
E 'di ganito: hanggang alas-dos ka lang, tapos sa akin naman ang hapon.
Then here's the deal: you play until two, and the afternoon is mine.
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B
Alas-tres, tapos ako na ang magluluto ng hapunan. Deal?
Three, and I'll cook dinner. Deal?
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