Day 17: Older Than the App
In a ride-hailing car crawling along Commonwealth Avenue, Drew (A), a young driver, tells his passenger Zosimo (B), a retired road worker, how long the app says the trip will take.
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
Sir, sabi po ng app, forty minutes pa. Pasensiya na po sa traffic.
Sir, the app says forty more minutes. Sorry about the traffic.
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B
Forty minutes? Kumanan ka, iho, may alam akong shortcut.
Forty minutes? Turn right, iho, I know a shortcut.
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A
Dito po ba? Wala po kasi sa app 'yan, baka po tayo maligaw.
Here? It's not on the app, we might get lost.
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B
Hindi diyan kundi sa susunod na kanto. Ako mismo ang nag-aspalto ng kalyeng 'yon.
Not there, at the next corner. I paved that street myself.
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A
Grabe po, Sir, fifteen minutes lang! Talo pa po ang app.
Wow, Sir, just fifteen minutes! You beat the app.
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B
Iho, mas matanda pa ako sa app mo.
Iho, I'm older than your app.
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