Day 86: A Cake for the Kapampangans
Over lunch at a carinderia near the office, Karla (A) tells her officemate Tim (B) about her plans for Sunday.
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
Sa Linggo, makikilala ko ang pamilya ni Jayson sa Pampanga.
On Sunday I'm meeting Jayson's family in Pampanga.
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B
Mga kababayan ko 'yan! Ano ang dadalhin mo?
Those are my people! What are you bringing?
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A
Ipagbe-bake ko sila ng chocolate cake.
I'm baking them a chocolate cake.
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B
Bawat tita doon, may sikat na dessert. Ibili mo na lang ng bulaklak ang nanay niya.
Every tita there has a famous dessert. Just buy his mom some flowers.
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A
Sige, bulaklak na lang. Akin na lang ang cake.
Fine, flowers it is. The cake's all mine, then.
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