Day 143: Past the River, Near the Mountain
Visiting his late grandfather's town in Quezon, Erning (A) asks Porfirio (B), an old farmer, the way to the cemetery.
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
Nasaan po ang sementeryo?
Where's the cemetery?
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B
Malapit sa bundok, malayo pa.
Near the mountain. It's still a long way.
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A
Puwede po bang maglakad?
Can I walk there?
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B
Tara, dadaan tayo sa ilog at bukid.
Come on, we'll go past the river and the rice fields.
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