Day 78: If the Big One Comes
At home in Marikina, Rudy (A) and his teenage son Elijah (B) watch a news report on the earthquake drill for the West Valley Fault.
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
Elijah, panoorin mo 'to. Kung sakaling lumindol habang nasa eskuwela ka, ano ang gagawin mo?
Elijah, watch this. If an earthquake hits while you're at school, what will you do?
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B
Duck, cover and hold po. Lagi po naming ginagawa 'yan sa drill.
Duck, cover and hold. We do it all the time in drills.
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A
Tama. Huwag kang tatakbo palabas habang yumayanig.
Right. Don't go running outside while it's shaking.
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B
Opo. Paano po kung walang signal pagkatapos?
Okay. What if there's no signal afterward?
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A
Sakaling hindi kita matawagan, sa covered court ng barangay tayo magkita.
If I can't get through to you, we'll meet at the barangay covered court.
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B
Gets ko po. Pero, Pa, kayo po ang laging hindi sumasagot sa tawag.
Got it. But, Dad, you're the one who never answers his phone.
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A
Kaya nga sa covered court tayo magkikita, para hindi na kailangang tumawag.
That's exactly why we're meeting at the covered court, so nobody has to call.
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