Day 248: Shrimp Yes, Crab No
At a seafood market in Pasay, where the restaurants next door cook what you buy, Leo (A) helps his friend Gener (B) shop for a family lunch that Gener is paying for.
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
Bibilhin ba natin ang alimango?
Are we getting the crab?
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B
Pusit, hipon at tahong lang.
Just squid, shrimp and mussels.
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A
Huwag na nating bilhin ang tahong, ang lansa!
Let's skip the mussels, they smell too fishy!
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B
E 'di mas mura!
Even cheaper, then!
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