Day 81: Not So You Could Follow Me
Home in Calamba, Laguna, on vacation from her job as a hotel housekeeper in Dubai, Remy (B) hears what her fifteen-year-old son Matteo (A) plans to do when he turns eighteen.
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
Ma, pagtuntong ko po ng eighteen, susunod ako sa inyo sa Dubai.
Mom, when I turn eighteen, I'm following you to Dubai.
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B
Sa Dubai? E paano ang kolehiyo mo?
To Dubai? What about college?
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A
Hindi na po ako magkokolehiyo. Kayo po mismo ang nagsabing mas malaki ang kita roon.
I'm not going to college. You said yourself the pay is better there.
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B
Hindi ako umalis para sumunod ka, kundi para hindi mo na kailangang umalis.
I didn't leave so you could follow me. I left so you'd never have to leave.
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A
Sampung taon na po kayong nasa screen lang.
For ten years, you've just been a face on a screen.
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B
Akala ko, sapat na ang mga padala ko.
I thought everything I sent home was enough.
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A
Hindi po padala ang kailangan ko, Ma. Kayo po.
It's not what you send that I need, Mom. It's you.
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