Day 30: Splitting a Sack of Rice
At the tricycle terminal in San Pedro, Laguna, Bernie (A) tells Bobby (B), a fellow driver and neighbor, the latest news about the price of rice.
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
Pre, tataas na naman daw ang bigas. Bibili na ako ng isang sako.
Pare, I heard rice is going up again. I'm buying a sack now.
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B
Isang buong sako? E kung sakaling bumaba ang presyo, lugi ka.
A whole sack? And if the price happens to drop, you lose out.
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A
Sakaling tumaas naman, ang laki ng matitipid ko. Mas malamang 'yon.
And if it goes up, I'll save a lot. That's more likely.
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B
Sabagay. Pero may pambili ka ba ng isang buong sako?
Fair enough. But do you have the money for a whole sack?
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A
Wala nga, e. Kalahati lang ang kaya ko ngayon.
That's the thing, I don't. I can only afford half right now.
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B
Ako rin. O, hati na lang tayo sa isang sako.
Same here. So let's just split a sack.
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