Day 163 of 185

Day 163: A Factory Job in Poland?

At home in Batangas, Virgie (A) asks her husband Arnel (B), who worked twelve years in Saudi Arabia, to lend her younger brother money for an agency that promises him a factory job in Poland.

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

    Pahiramin natin si Rommel ng isandaan at limampung libo para sa ahensiya niya.

    Let's lend Rommel a hundred and fifty thousand for his agency.

  2. B

    Hinanap ko ang ahensiyang 'yan, wala sa listahan ng DMW.

    I looked that agency up. It's not on the DMW's list.

  3. A

    Baka bago pa lang. Sigurado raw ang trabaho sa pabrika sa Poland.

    Maybe it's just new. They say the factory job in Poland is guaranteed.

  4. B

    Kahit bago, dapat lisensiyado. Bukod diyan, sobra-sobra ang hinihingi nilang placement fee.

    Even a new one has to be licensed. Besides, the placement fee they're asking for is way too much.

  5. A

    Pero kapatid ko siya, Arnel. Ngayon lang siya nagkaroon ng ganitong pagkakataon.

    But he's my brother, Arnel. It's the first chance like this he's ever had.

  6. B

    Kaya nga alamin muna natin. Sa labindalawang taon ko sa Saudi, ang dami kong nakitang naloko nang ganyan.

    That's exactly why we check first. In my twelve years in Saudi, I saw so many people get scammed like that.

  7. A

    O, siya. Tatawagan ko ang DMW bukas, bago tayo maglabas ng kahit piso.

    All right. I'll call the DMW tomorrow, before we hand over a single peso.

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