Day 194: The Bag That Stayed in Cebu
At the baggage carousel at NAIA after a flight from Cebu, Cedric (A) is still waiting for the bag with his science fair project, a volcano model, when his older sister Lara (B) comes back from the airline counter.
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
Ate, wala nang lumalabas. Nasaan na 'yung project ko?
Ate, nothing's coming out anymore. Where's my project?
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B
Naiwan daw sa Cebu ang ilang bagahe, kasama 'yung sa 'yo.
They say some of the bags were left in Cebu, and yours is one of them.
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A
Bakit nila iniwan? Sa Lunes na ang science fair!
Why would they leave it behind? The science fair is on Monday!
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B
Sobrang bigat daw ng eroplano. Puno kasi, kaya nagbawas sila ng bagahe.
They said the plane was too heavy. It was full, so they took some bags off.
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A
Kaya pala ang tagal nating naghintay! E paano 'yung volcano ko?
So that's why we waited so long! What about my volcano?
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B
Ihahatid daw bukas sa bahay. Aabot pa, huwag kang mag-alala.
They said they'll deliver it to the house tomorrow. It'll still make it, don't worry.
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