Day 225: Is This Seat Free?
In a packed coffee shop on Maginhawa Street, Clark (A) asks Roxanne (B), a regular, whether the seat across from her is free.
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
Excuse me, bakante ba?
Excuse me, is this seat free?
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B
Oo, puno ang coffee shop.
Sure, the coffee shop's packed.
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A
Hindi ako nagkakape, e.
I don't drink coffee, though.
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B
Kung gusto mo ng tsaa, nasa likod ng menu.
If you want tea, it's on the back of the menu.
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