Day 284: Still a Flatterer, Willy
In line at the city hall, Estela (A) runs into Willy (B), who worked with her at a bank twenty years ago.
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
Willy, ikaw ba iyan?
Willy, is that you?
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B
Mas payat ka ngayon kaysa noon, Estela!
You're thinner now than you were back then, Estela!
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A
Bola, may uban at kulubot na ako.
You flatterer. I've got gray hair and wrinkles now.
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B
E ako, kalbo na!
And look at me, I've gone bald!
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