Day 67: Don't Lend Your Pension, Ma
At home, Mylene (A) asks her mother, Pilar (B), about the money Pilar plans to lend Charing, a distant cousin.
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, ipapahiram daw po ninyo 'yung kalahati ng pensiyon ninyo?
Mom, I heard you're lending out half your pension?
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B
Oo, kay Charing. Ipapaopera raw niya ang asawa niya.
Yes, to Charing. She says her husband's having an operation.
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A
Bayad na po ba 'yung utang niya noong Pasko?
Has she paid back what she borrowed at Christmas?
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B
Hindi pa nga. Pero nakakahiya namang tumanggi.
Well, not yet. But it'd be awkward to say no.
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A
Dapat po may kasulatan man lang. Pero mas mabuti po kung huwag na lang.
There should at least be something in writing. But it'd be better if you just didn't.
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B
Sige, ikaw na ang gumawa. Ikaw rin ang magpapirma, ha?
Fine, you write it up, then. And you get it signed too, okay?
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