Day 196: Three Legs and a Good Heart
At a weekend pet adoption drive in a mall in Pasig, Cholo (A), who came to adopt a puppy, finds that his girlfriend (B) has fallen for a three-legged adult aspin, a Filipino street dog.
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
Babe, tara na sa mga tuta. 'Yon ang usapan natin.
Babe, come on, let's go see the puppies. That's what we agreed on.
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B
Pero tingnan mo si Lucky, kanina pa nakatingin sa 'yo.
But look at Lucky, he's been staring at you this whole time.
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A
E tatlo lang ang paa niya. Paano ko siya isasama sa jogging?
But he only has three legs. How am I supposed to take him jogging?
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B
Hindi naman problema 'yan. Ang bilis nga niyang tumakbo, o!
That's not really a problem. He runs really fast, look!
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A
Tama ka, hindi naman paa ang mahalaga. Siguro siya na nga.
You're right, it's not the legs that matter. Maybe he's the one.
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B
Buti na lang, kasi napirmahan ko na 'yung adoption form kanina.
Good thing, because I already signed the adoption form earlier.
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