Day 185 of 185

Day 185: A CCTV Camera Over the Scale

At a family-owned rice store in the public market of San Juan, Judith (A), the owner's daughter and new manager, asks Lucing (B), who has weighed and sold rice there for forty years, whether she has noticed the camera Judith just installed.

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

    Aling Lucing, napansin po ba ninyo ang camera sa itaas ng timbangan?

    Aling Lucing, did you notice the camera above the scale?

  2. B

    Pati ang kaha, may camera. Ang tatay mo, kahit minsan, hindi ako pinagdudahan.

    There's one on the cash box too. Your father never once doubted me.

  3. A

    Hindi po kayo ang binabantayan niyan. Inilagay ko po 'yan para may ebidensiya tayo kapag may nagreklamo.

    It's not you it's watching. I put it there so we'll have evidence whenever someone complains.

  4. B

    Ebidensiya? Bakit, may nagrereklamo bang kulang ang timbang ko?

    Evidence? Why, is someone complaining that my weights are short?

  5. A

    Naaalala po ba ninyo si Aling Yolly? Wala po tayong naipakitang patunay na tama kayo.

    Do you remember Aling Yolly? We had no proof to show her that you were right.

  6. B

    Ah, 'yung nagsabing dinadaya ko raw siya?

    Oh, the one who said I was cheating her?

  7. A

    Opo. Naka-record na po ang bawat timbang, para wala nang suking magdududa sa inyo.

    Yes. Every weighing is on record now, so no regular will ever doubt you again.

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