Day 170: E-Bike Repairs, Too?
At a small bicycle shop in Valenzuela, Ian (A), a young mechanic fresh from a TESDA course, tries to convince the owner, Randolf (B), to start repairing e-bikes and e-trikes.
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
Boss, napansin po ba ninyo? Kalahati na po ng dumadaan, naka-e-bike.
Boss, have you noticed? Half the people going by here are on e-bikes now.
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B
O, tapos? Bisikleta ang inaayos natin, hindi baterya.
So? We fix bicycles here, not batteries.
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A
Wala pa pong marunong mag-ayos niyan sa kalye natin, kaya sa Malabon pa po sila nagpapaayos.
Nobody on our street knows how to fix those yet, so people take them all the way to Malabon.
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B
Ayokong humawak ng baterya. Delikado 'yan, baka masunog pa ang puwesto natin.
I don't want to handle batteries. They're dangerous, our shop might even catch fire.
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A
Natuto po ako niyan sa TESDA. Bukod diyan, doble po ang singil sa e-bike.
I learned how at TESDA. Besides that, we can charge double for an e-bike.
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B
Sabihin na nating tama ka. Sino'ng magbabayad ng mga gamit na kailangan mo?
Let's say you're right. Who's going to pay for the tools you need?
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