Day 52: The Utang Notebook
Doing inventory at his sari-sari store in Tondo, Dante (A) asks his nephew Vincent (B), a business student who helps out on weekends, why the money doesn't add up.
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
Vincent, bakit hindi tugma ang kita natin sa nabenta?
Vincent, why doesn't our cash match what we sold?
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B
Heto po ang dahilan, Tito, 'yung listahan ninyo ng mga utang.
Here's the reason, Tito: your list of who owes you.
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A
Ah, 'yan. Maliliit lang naman ang mga utang diyan.
Oh, that. Those are all small debts.
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B
Isa-isa po, maliit. Pero pinagsama-sama, mas malaki pa sa laman ng mga istante ninyo.
One by one, they're small. But added up, they're worth more than everything on your shelves.
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A
Ganoon kalaki? Mahina lang talaga ang loob kong maningil.
That much? I just don't have the nerve to collect.
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B
Masyado po kasi kayong bukas-palad, Tito. Sino-sino po ba ang mga 'to?
You're just too generous, Tito. Who are all these people?
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A
'Yung kalahati riyan, kamag-anak natin. Pati 'yung tatay mo, nandiyan.
Half of them are our relatives. Even your dad's in there.
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