Day 143: Smaller Servings, Same Plate
At her carinderia beside a jeepney terminal in Pasay, Helen (A) serves lunch to Erning (B), a jeepney driver who has eaten there every day for years.
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
O, Erning, 'yung dati? Adobo at dalawang kanin?
Hey, Erning, the usual? Adobo and two cups of rice?
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B
Oo, Len. Siyanga pala, lumiit yata ang adobo, o lumaki lang ang plato mo?
Yeah, Len. By the way, did the adobo shrink, or did your plates just get bigger?
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A
Alam mo naman ang presyo ng baboy ngayon, Erning.
You know what pork costs these days, Erning.
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B
Alam ko. Ang presyo ng diesel, alam mo rin naman siguro.
I know. And I'm sure you know what diesel costs too.
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A
O, siya, dadagdagan ko ng isang sandok na sarsa.
Oh, fine, I'll throw in an extra ladle of sauce.
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B
'Yan ang gusto ko. Sa susunod, plato na lang ang paliliitin mo, ha.
That's what I like. Next time, just shrink the plate instead, okay?
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A
Sige, basta ikaw ang magbabayad ng bagong plato.
Sure, as long as you pay for the new plates.
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