Day 197: A Mattress in a Box?
In their house in Meycauayan, Bulacan, Isay (A) wants to replace the family's sagging old foam mattress with one bought online and delivered rolled up in a box, but her parents, Agustin (B) and Marlyn (C), each have another idea.
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
Lubog na po 'yung kutson. Bakit hindi po tayo bumili ng bago online?
The mattress is sagging now. Why don't we buy a new one online?
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B
Bibili ng kutson online? Ano kaya kung subukan muna natin sa mall?
Buy a mattress online? What if we try some out at the mall first?
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C
Bakit hindi na lang natin baligtarin? Maayos pa 'yung kabila.
Why don't we just flip it over? The other side's still fine.
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A
Binaligtad na po natin noong Pasko. Puwede rin pong isauli kung ayaw ninyo.
We already flipped it at Christmas. And we can send it back if you don't like it.
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B
E 'di ako ang unang hihiga pagdating niyan.
Then I get to lie on it first when it arrives.
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C
Sige, basta ikaw ang magbabalik niyan sa kahon, Isay.
Fine, but you're the one putting it back in the box, Isay.
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