Day 111: A Group Chat for Seniors
At the senior citizens' association office in San Pablo, Laguna, Amparo (A), the treasurer, questions her old friend Delia (B), the secretary, about her plan to start a group chat for announcing the pension payout dates.
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
Delia, bakit ba gusto mo ng group chat?
Delia, why do you want a group chat, anyway?
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B
Isang mensahe lang, alam na ng lahat kung kailan ang payout. Bukod pa rito, hindi na sila pipila sa munisipyo para magtanong.
One message, and everyone knows when the payout is. On top of that, they won't have to line up at the town hall just to ask.
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A
Bago pa lang sa smartphone ang karamihan. Dahil dito, madali silang maloko ng pekeng link.
Most of them are new to smartphones. Because of that, they're easy to fool with fake links.
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B
Kaya naman ako lang ang puwedeng mag-post sa group.
That's exactly why I'll be the only one who can post in the group.
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A
E kung may magpanggap na ikaw? Si Mameng nga, naloko ng nagpakilalang taga-DSWD.
And what if someone pretends to be you? Mameng, for one, got fooled by someone claiming to be from the DSWD.
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B
Gawin nating patakaran: kapag may link, peke 'yon.
Let's make it a rule: if there's a link, it's fake.
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A
Payag ako. Basta malalaki ang letra, para mabasa nang walang salamin.
I'm in. As long as it's in big letters, so they can read it without glasses.
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