Day 243: Built by Your Lolo
Ricky (A) is helping his father Lucio (B) repair the old wooden house in Laguna that Lucio's own father built.
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
Pa, may anay po ang pader!
Dad, there are termites in the wall!
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B
Pintura lang ang kailangan.
All it needs is some paint.
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A
Mas matibay po ang semento kaysa kahoy.
Cement is sturdier than wood.
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B
Gawa iyan ng lolo mo!
Your lolo built that!
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