Day 82: Thirty-Six Months for a Motorcycle
At a motorcycle dealer in Cainta, Gerry (A) is ready to ride home on a new motorcycle on a thirty-six-month installment plan, while his wife Grace (B) does the math on her phone.
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
Grace, ito na 'yung motor. Puwede ko na raw iuwi ngayon din.
Grace, this is the one. They say I can ride it home today.
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B
Sa thirty-six months? Kinuwenta ko, halos doble ang kabuuang babayaran natin.
On thirty-six months? I worked it out, we'd end up paying almost double.
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A
Pero matatapos na ang dalawang oras kong pagbibiyahe sa jeep araw-araw.
But my two hours a day on jeepneys would be over.
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B
Isang taong pag-iipon lang, kaya na nating bilhin nang cash ang mas mura.
With just a year of saving, we could buy a cheaper one in cash.
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A
Isang taon pa? Halos tatlong libo na ang pamasahe ko buwan-buwan.
Another year? My fares already come to almost three thousand a month.
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B
May punto ka. Sige, 'yung mas mura, pero hanggang twenty-four months lang.
You have a point. Okay, the cheaper one, but twenty-four months at most.
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A
Deal. Basta ako ang pipili ng kulay.
Deal. As long as I get to pick the color.
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