Day 173: The Clock Stopped at Midnight
Late at night, Lola Felisa (A) finds her grandson Caleb (B), a high school student, still on his phone, and looks up at the old wall clock in the sala.
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
Ibaba mo na iyan, hatinggabi na!
Put that down, it's midnight!
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B
Patay po ang orasan, madaling-araw na!
The clock's dead, it's almost morning!
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A
Puyat tayong dalawa!
We've both been up all night!
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