Day 267: Sardines Until Payday
A week before payday, Cristina (A) and her grown daughter Mariel (B) are shopping on a tight budget at a supermarket in Caloocan.
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
Magtipid tayo, mahal ang bilihin.
We have to cut back. Everything's so expensive.
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B
Mas mura po ang noodles kaysa sa de-lata.
Noodles are cheaper than canned goods.
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A
Mas busog tayo sa sardinas.
Sardines fill us up more.
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B
Sardinas po hanggang suweldo?
So it's sardines until payday?
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