Day 93: A Fishing Reel Too Cheap
On the porch at home, Lolo Fermin (B) is looking at a fishing reel on Facebook Marketplace when his grandson Alden (A) sits down beside him.
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
Lolo, ano po 'yang tinitingnan ninyo?
Lolo, what are you looking at?
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B
Reel, sa Marketplace. Isang libo lang, e tatlong libo sa tindahan!
A reel, on Marketplace. Only a thousand, and it's three thousand in the stores!
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A
Ang mura naman po. Paano raw po ang bayad?
That's awfully cheap. How does the seller want to be paid?
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B
GCash daw muna, tapos ipapadala niya bukas.
GCash first, he says, then he'll ship it tomorrow.
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A
Baka scam po 'yan. Mas mabuti po kung sa mall kayo magkita.
That might be a scam. It's better if you meet him at the mall.
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B
Sige, sa mall na lang, cash ang bayad. Dapat nga makita ko muna 'yung reel.
All right, the mall, then, and I'll pay cash. You're right, I should see the reel first.
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