Day 39: Off the Record, Please
At a coffee shop near a public hospital in Santa Cruz, Manila, Claudine (A), a young TV reporter, has a favor to ask her friend Nina (B), an emergency room nurse.
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
Nins, puwede ba kitang i-interview on cam tungkol sa ER ninyo?
Nins, can I interview you on camera about your ER?
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B
Naku, Clau, siguro hindi ako ang tamang kausap diyan.
Oh, Clau, I'm probably not the right person to talk to about that.
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A
Bakit naman? Ikaw mismo ang nakakita, dalawa-dalawa ang pasyente sa isang kama.
Why not? You've seen it yourself, two patients to a bed.
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B
Totoo 'yan, off the record. Pero baka masabon ako ng chief nurse namin.
That's true, off the record. But our chief nurse might chew me out.
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A
Kahit naka-blur ang mukha mo? Iibahin ko pa ang boses mo.
Even with your face blurred? I'll even change your voice.
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B
Mahirap talaga, Clau. Ilalapit na lang kita sa spokesperson ng ospital.
It's really tricky, Clau. Let me put you in touch with the hospital's spokesperson instead.
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