Day 202: Not the Lending App, Pa
At home, Kenneth (B) catches his father, Romeo (A), filling in a form on a lending app to borrow money for the family's overdue bills.
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
Kenneth, bakit hinihingi ng app 'yung contacts ko?
Kenneth, why does the app want my contacts?
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B
Lending app po ba 'yan, Pa? Tatawagan po nila lahat ng 'yan 'pag na-late kayo.
Is that a lending app, Dad? They'll call every one of them if you pay late.
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A
Wala na akong mahihiraman. Tatlong buwan na tayong hindi nakakabayad ng kuryente.
There's no one left to borrow from. We haven't paid the electric bill in three months.
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B
Sobrang laki po ng interes diyan. Sa SSS na lang po kayo mag-loan.
The interest on those is huge. Take out a loan from SSS instead.
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A
SSS? Pipila na naman ako buong araw.
SSS? I'll be standing in line all day again.
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B
Online na po ngayon, Pa. Ako na po ang bahala.
It's online now, Dad. Leave it to me.
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