Day 213: Coins That Don't Pay Bills
At home, Jairus (A), fifteen, finds his mother, Ivy (B), beaming at the coins she has saved for months in a shopping app.
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
Ma, bakit po kayo nakangiti diyan sa cellphone?
Mom, why are you smiling at your phone?
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B
Tingnan mo, limang libong coins na ang naipon ko! Ipambabayad ko 'to sa kuryente.
Look, I've saved up five thousand coins! I'm using them to pay the electric bill.
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A
Ma, hindi po 'yan pambayad ng bill. Isang daang coins, piso lang po.
Mom, those can't pay bills. A hundred coins is only one peso.
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B
Piso? E 'di singkuwenta lang lahat ng 'to?
One peso? So all of this is only fifty pesos?
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A
Opo. Pang-discount lang po 'yan, hindi pang-Meralco.
Yes. They're only good for discounts, not for the Meralco bill.
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B
Akala ko pambayad 'to ng kuryente, pambawas lang pala sa susunod na order!
I thought these could pay the electric bill, but they only take a little off my next order!
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