Day 276: Lolo's Pigeons Come Home
On the roof of his house in Pasig, Lolo Teodoro (A) is feeding his pigeons while his granddaughter Lalaine (B) looks at the birds in their cage.
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
Kain na, mga kalapati!
Time to eat, pigeons!
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B
Maawa po kayo sa mga ibon.
Have pity on the birds.
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A
Ilalabas ko sila sa kulungan para lumipad.
I'll let them out of the cage so they can fly.
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B
Bumalik po sila, humuhuni pa!
They came back, and they're cooing!
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