Day 53: Lola for Career Day
In her living room in San Juan, Asuncion (A), a retired air traffic controller, wonders why her teenage grandson Aldrich (B) is being so sweet today.
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
Ang lambing mo yata ngayon, Aldrich. May kailangan ka, 'no?
You're being awfully sweet today, Aldrich. You want something, don't you?
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B
Lola naman! Kayo po kasi ang gusto naming speaker sa career day.
Come on, Lola! It's just that we want you as our speaker for career day.
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A
Siguro iba na lang, apo. Baka antukin lang ang mga kaklase mo sa kuwento ko.
Maybe someone else, dear. Your classmates might just get sleepy listening to my stories.
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B
Hindi po! Air traffic controller po kayo dati, astig 'yon.
No way! You used to be an air traffic controller, that's so cool.
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A
O siya, sige. Pero huwag mong sasabihin kahit kanino ang edad ko.
Oh, all right then. But don't you tell anyone my age.
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B
Promise po. Sasabihin ko na lang pong forever young kayo.
Promise. I'll just tell them you're forever young.
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