Day 135 of 185

Day 135: The Night the Airport Went Dark

Back at work in Pasay after her canceled trip, Aileen (A) tells her older officemate Pablo (B) how she was at the airport when the power outage that is all over the news shut down the terminal.

How to study this lesson 3 steps
  1. Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
  2. Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense.
  3. 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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  1. A

    Kuya Pablo, nabalitaan po ba ninyo 'yung brownout sa NAIA? Nandoon po ako mismo!

    Kuya Pablo, did you hear about the blackout at NAIA? I was right there!

  2. B

    Narinig ko na 'yan kaninang lunch, e. Pero sige, ikuwento mo ulit.

    I already heard that one at lunch. But go ahead, tell it again.

  3. A

    Nakapila po ako sa immigration, tapos biglang namatay ang ilaw. May sumigaw pa, "Walang aalis sa pila!"

    I was in line at immigration, and then suddenly the lights went out. Someone even shouted, "Nobody leave the line!"

  4. B

    Ang tindi. Ilan nga ulit kayo sa pila?

    Wow, intense. How many of you were in line again?

  5. A

    Mga limandaan po siguro! Tapos doon na po ako natulog sa ibabaw ng maleta ko.

    Maybe five hundred! And then I ended up sleeping on top of my suitcase.

  6. B

    Kanina, mga sandaang tao lang ang nasa pila, a.

    At lunch, there were only about a hundred people in that line.

  7. A

    E kasi po, lalo pang humaba ang pila habang tumatagal!

    Well, that's because the line kept getting longer as the night went on!

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