Day 24: Rush Thesis by Three O'Clock
At his print shop near UST, Andy (A) gives his teenage nephew Paolo (B), on his first day as a summer helper, a rush order a student just dropped off.
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
Rush 'to, kailangan by three. I-check mo muna ang margins bago i-print.
This is a rush job, due by three. Check the margins first before you print.
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B
Opo, Tito. Ilang kopya po?
Okay, Tito. How many copies?
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A
Three copies, hardbound. Ako na sa binding, ikaw sa printing.
Three copies, hardbound. I'll do the binding, you do the printing.
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B
Tito, kulang po ng isang page. Wala pong page forty.
Tito, there's a page missing. There's no page forty.
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A
Wala? Tawagan mo agad 'yung student, nasa form ang number.
Missing? Call the student right away, the number's on the form.
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