Day 3: Half Pills to Make Them Last
At a small private clinic in Pateros, nurse Nimfa (A) takes the blood pressure of Lola Corazon (B) before her check-up.
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
Lola, medyo high po ang BP ninyo, one-sixty over ninety.
Lola, your BP is a bit high, one-sixty over ninety.
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B
Ha? Umiinom naman ako ng maintenance ko.
What? But I take my maintenance meds.
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A
Buo po ba, o hinahati ninyo?
Do you take them whole, or do you cut them in half?
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B
Hinahati ko nga, para pandalawang buwan ang isang box.
Well, yes, I cut them, so one box lasts me two months.
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A
Kaya po tumaas, Lola. Itanong po natin kay Doc kung may mas murang generic.
That's why it went up, Lola. Let's ask Doc if there's a cheaper generic.
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