Day 57 of 185

Day 57: One Classroom, Two Shifts

In a public school classroom in Rodriguez, Rizal, shared by a morning class and an afternoon class, Eunice (A), the morning teacher, confronts Gwen (B), the afternoon teacher, about the mess her pupils leave every day.

How to study this lesson 3 steps
  1. Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
  2. Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense.
  3. 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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  1. A

    Gwen, pagpasok ko kaninang umaga, ang dumi na naman ng room.

    Gwen, when I came in this morning, the room was filthy again.

  2. B

    Pasensiya na. Pero 'yung mga upuan, magulo rin pag-alis ng klase mo.

    Sorry. But the chairs are a mess when your class leaves too.

  3. A

    Upuan lang 'yon. Kung sakaling mag-inspect ang principal bukas, ako ang unang mapapagalitan.

    Those are just chairs. If the principal inspects tomorrow, I'll be the first one to get scolded.

  4. B

    E kung sakaling hapon siya dumating, ako naman ang malalagot.

    And if she comes in the afternoon, I'm the one in trouble.

  5. A

    O, pareho pala tayong talo. Ano kaya kung gumawa tayo ng isang checklist?

    So we both lose, then. What if we made one checklist?

  6. B

    Para sa dalawang klase? Sige, isulat natin sa gilid ng pisara.

    For both classes? Okay, let's write it on the side of the blackboard.

  7. A

    Okay. Unang-una sa listahan: walang aalis hangga't may kalat sa sahig.

    Okay. First on the list: nobody leaves while there's trash on the floor.

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