Day 192: Good Manners From the Barrio
At a neighbor's birthday party in Quezon City, Gabriel (B), a young man from the province, greets the oldest guest, Juanito (A), with a mano.
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
Ang galing, nagmano ka!
Well, look at that, you did the mano!
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B
Ugali po namin iyan sa baryo.
That's what we do back in the barrio.
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A
Baka kababayan kita, anong apelyido mo?
We might be from the same province. What's your last name?
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B
Garcia po, taga-Bulacan po kami.
It's Garcia. We're from Bulacan.
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