Day 44: Twenty Years of Remittances Saved
Home for good in Pagsanjan, Laguna, after twenty years as a caregiver in Israel, Ester (A) worries aloud to her father Mando (B) that she has no savings of her own.
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, wala po akong ipon kahit piso. Paano na po kaya ako?
Dad, I don't have a single peso saved. What's going to become of me?
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B
Bakit mo naman nasabi 'yan, anak?
Why would you say that, sweetheart?
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A
Lahat po ng kinita ko, ipinadala ko rito. Ngayon, saan po ako kukuha?
Everything I earned, I sent home. Now where am I supposed to get money?
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B
Heto, tingnan mo. Hindi para sa akin ang padala mo kundi para sa 'yo.
Here, take a look. The money you sent wasn't for me, it was for you.
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A
Passbook po? Nakapangalan po sa akin?
A passbook? In my name?
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B
Kinuha ko lang ang kailangan ko. Ako mismo ang naghuhulog ng sobra sa bangko buwan-buwan.
I only took what I needed. I've been putting the rest in the bank myself, every month.
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