Day 3: Prediabetic at Twenty-Six
In the small apartment they share in Kamuning, Quezon City, Rain (A) tells her roommate Jasmine (B), who has just come home with two large milk teas, what the doctor said at her office's annual physical exam.
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
Jas, sabi ng doktor sa annual physical namin, prediabetic na raw ako.
Jas, the doctor at our annual physical said I'm already prediabetic.
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B
Twenty-six ka pa lang, a! Ano pa ang sinabi niya?
You're only twenty-six! What else did she say?
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A
Itinanong pa niya kung ilang milk tea ang iniinom ko sa isang linggo.
She even asked how many milk teas I drink a week.
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B
Hala. E, ano ang isinagot mo?
Uh-oh. So what did you tell her?
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A
Sabi ko, tatlo lang. Hindi ko na binanggit na puro large.
I said just three. I didn't mention they're all large.
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B
O, sige. Wala akong binili ngayong gabi, at wala kang nakita.
Okay then. I didn't buy anything tonight, and you didn't see a thing.
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