Day 22: Paid the Carpenter in Advance
Visiting her grandmother, Lola Saling (B), Desiree (A) notices that the leaking roof has been worked on.
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
La, nagpaayos po pala kayo ng bubong?
Lola, so you had the roof fixed?
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B
Oo, tumutulo na kasi. Kaso 'di na bumalik 'yung karpintero, isang linggo na.
Yes, it was leaking. But the carpenter never came back, and it's been a week.
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A
Bayad na po ba siya?
Has he been paid?
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B
Oo, buo pa, otso mil! Ipapatawag ko siya sa barangay.
Yes, in full, eight thousand! I'm having the barangay summon him.
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A
La naman. Sa susunod po, kalahati muna ang ibayad ninyo.
Lola, come on. Next time, pay only half up front.
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