Day 210: Is 1.25 a Bad Grade?
At the jeepney stop outside campus, Lauro (A), a college professor, runs into Tonyo (B), a freshman in his class, who looks upset about his midterm grade.
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
O, Tonyo, bakit ganyan ang mukha mo?
Hey, Tonyo, what's with the long face?
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B
Sir, 1.25 po ang grade ko sa midterm. Bagsak na po ba ako?
Sir, I got a 1.25 on the midterm. Did I fail?
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A
Bagsak? Dito, uno ang pinakamataas, at singko ang bagsak.
Fail? Here, 1.0 is the highest grade, and 5.0 is failing.
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B
Talaga po? Akala ko po bagsak ako, mataas pala ang 1.25!
Really? I thought I'd failed, but 1.25 is actually high!
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A
Pangalawa ka pa nga sa buong klase. Ayan na ang jeep mo, sakay na.
You're actually second in the whole class. There's your jeepney, hop on.
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