Day 137: An Alarm for Basketball
At six on a Saturday morning, Lani (A) hears an alarm go off in the room of her teenage son, Elijah (B).
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
Bakit ka nag-alarm?
Why did you set an alarm?
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B
Para po sa basketball.
It's for basketball.
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A
Pero para sa klase, hindi ka gumigising!
But for school, you never wake up!
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B
Weekend po, nagbabakasyon ang antok ko.
It's the weekend, my sleepiness is on vacation.
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