Day 41: The Announcer's First Podcast
In his father's living room in Lucena, Quezon, Carding (A), a radio announcer, brings news about his AM station to Leoncio (B), who read the news on the same station for forty years.
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
Tay, magiging online-only na po ang istasyon namin.
Dad, our station's going online-only.
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B
Narinig ko nga. Apatnapung taon ako sa AM, tapos ganoon na lang.
So I heard. Forty years I was on AM, and it just ends like that.
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A
Magpo-podcast na raw po ako, pero hindi ko po alam kung saan magsisimula.
They want me to do a podcast now, but I don't know where to start.
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B
Bagaman iba na ang gamit ngayon, boses pa rin ang puhunan mo.
The equipment may be different now, but your voice is still your greatest asset.
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A
Sana nga po. E sino naman po ang una kong guest?
I hope so. But who's going to be my first guest?
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B
E 'di ako. Marami pa akong kuwentong hindi naibalita sa radyo.
Me, of course. I still have plenty of stories that never made it on the air.
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