Day 203: Almost a Year of Almost
Over milk tea in Katipunan, Miles (A) asks her best friend Frances (B) what she and a guy from her office really are, after almost a year of daily chats and no label.
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
So, ano na ba talaga kayo ni Anton? Araw-araw kayong nag-uusap, 'di ba?
So, what are you and Anton, really? You talk every day, don't you?
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B
Wala, magkatrabaho lang kami. Walang malisya 'yon, promise.
Nothing, we just work together. There's nothing to it, I promise.
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A
Halos isang taon na kayong ganyan, tapos walang malisya?
You've been like that for almost a year, and there's nothing to it?
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B
Wala nga. Lumalabas lang kami paminsan-minsan pagkatapos ng trabaho.
There really isn't. We just go out once in a while after work.
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A
Paminsan-minsan? Mga sampung beses na kayong lumabas, kasama pa ang Tagaytay!
Once in a while? You've gone out about ten times, Tagaytay included!
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B
Sampu na pala? E 'di date na yata 'yon, 'no?
Ten already? Then I guess that counts as dating, doesn't it?
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