Day 71: A Career Inside the Walls
At the end of a hot day in Intramuros, Butch (A), who has worked as a tour guide there for twenty years, notices that Bryan (B), a guide for only three months, has gone quiet.
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
Bryan, ang tahimik mo. Napagod ka ba sa init?
Bryan, you're awfully quiet. Did the heat get to you?
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B
Kuya, puwede po bang maging career talaga ang pagiging tour guide?
Kuya, can being a tour guide really be a career?
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A
Puwede, basta may plano ka. Kumuha ka ng DOT accreditation para ikaw ang kunin ng mga agency.
It can, if you have a plan. Get your DOT accreditation so the travel agencies pick you.
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B
Iyon lang po ba ang ginawa ninyo noon?
Is that all you did back then?
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A
Nag-aral din ako ng Korean, nang sa gayon ay may grupo ako buong taon.
I also learned Korean, so I'd have groups all year round.
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B
Kaya po pala "Oppa" ang tawag sa inyo ng mga turista!
So that's why the tourists call you "Oppa"!
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