Day 87: Wet Towels Under the Door
After Phivolcs raises the alert level of Taal Volcano, Lola Gaying (A), who has lived through several eruptions, and her daughter Josephine (B) get their house in Tanauan, Batangas, ready for ashfall.
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
Isiksik mo ang basang tuwalya sa ilalim ng pinto, para hindi pumasok ang abo.
Stuff a wet towel under the door, so the ash doesn't get in.
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B
Inay, mask daw po ang unahin, sabi sa radyo.
Mom, the radio says masks come first.
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A
Mask? Noong 1977, basang bimpo lang ang gamit namin.
Masks? In 1977, all we used were wet face towels.
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B
Kulang na po 'yan. N95 po, para sa baga ninyo.
That's not enough anymore. An N95, for your lungs.
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A
Isusuot ko na 'yang mask mo. Pero 'yung tuwalya, ngayon na.
All right, I'll wear that mask of yours. But the towels, now.
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B
Pakinggan po ninyo: "Maglagay ng basang tuwalya sa ilalim ng pinto upang hindi pumasok ang abo."
Listen to this: "Place wet towels under doors to keep the ash out."
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A
O, ano'ng sabi ko? Limampung taon na akong nauuna sa radyo.
See? What did I tell you? I've been beating the radio to it for fifty years.
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