Day 68: Moving Out Isn't Leaving
Over milk tea in Cubao, Gela (A) tells her cousin Shane (B), who moved out of her parents' house two years ago, how her mother took the news that she plans to rent a studio near her office in Ortigas.
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
Umiyak si Mama nang sabihin kong kukuha ako ng studio sa Ortigas.
Mom cried when I told her I'm getting a studio in Ortigas.
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B
Umiyak talaga? E isang sakay lang 'yon ng MRT.
She actually cried? It's one MRT ride away.
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A
Para kay Mama, parang pag-iwan ko na rin sa kanila ang pagbukod ko.
To Mom, my moving out is as good as abandoning them.
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B
Ganyan din si Mama noong bumukod ako. Isang linggo niya akong hindi kinausap.
My mom was the same when I moved out. She didn't talk to me for a week.
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A
E paano mo siya napapayag?
So how did you win her over?
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B
Umuuwi ako tuwing Linggo para magluto. Ngayon, mas inaabangan pa niya ang pagdating ko kaysa sa teleserye.
I go home every Sunday to cook. Now she looks forward to my coming over more than to her teleserye.
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