Day 132: The Family's Free Driver
At a family birthday party in Cainta, Jess (A), the eldest of the cousins, tells Lester (B), the only one of them with a car, that the relatives have once again scheduled him to drive Lola to her check-up on Tuesday and an aunt to the airport at three on Friday.
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
Lester, ikaw raw ulit ang maghahatid kay Lola sa check-up niya sa Martes.
Lester, they say you're taking Lola to her check-up again on Tuesday.
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B
Na naman? Dalawang beses na akong nag-absent sa trabaho ngayong buwan.
Again? I've already missed work twice this month.
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A
Pasensiya na. May isa pa: si Tita Nora, sa airport sa Biyernes, alas-tres.
Sorry. There's one more: Tita Nora, to the airport on Friday, at three.
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B
Bukod diyan, ako pa ang gumagastos sa gasolina. Kaya magsalitan naman tayo.
On top of that, I'm the one paying for gas. So let's take turns for once.
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A
May punto ka. Ako na ang kakausap sa mga tita mamaya.
You have a point. I'll talk to the aunts myself later.
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B
Salamat, Kuya. Basta si Lola, ako pa rin.
Thanks, Kuya. But I'm still taking Lola.
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