Day 208: The Laptop That Keeps Restarting
Cherry (A), who teaches English online from home, video-calls her grown son Karl (B) because her laptop keeps restarting in the middle of her classes.
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
Karl, paulit-ulit na lang nagre-restart 'tong laptop. Tatlong beses na ngayong umaga!
Karl, this laptop keeps restarting over and over. Three times this morning already!
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B
Sa gitna po ng klase? Mainit po ba 'yung ilalim?
In the middle of class? Is the bottom hot?
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A
Oo, kanina pa ako sorry nang sorry sa estudyante kong Koreano. Mainit nga.
Yes, I've been saying sorry to my Korean student over and over. And it is hot.
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B
Ma, unan po ba 'yang nasa ilalim ng laptop?
Mom, is that a pillow under the laptop?
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A
Oo, sa kama ako nagtuturo para komportable.
Yes, I teach in bed so I'm comfortable.
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B
Kaya pala po nag-iinit, natatakpan 'yung vents. Sa mesa po ninyo ilagay.
So that's why it's overheating, the vents are blocked. Put it on a table.
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