Day 287: Don't Light the Match, Lola
Early in the morning, Lola Puring (A) wants to cook breakfast and asks her granddaughter Joanna (B) to light the stove.
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
Pakisindi ang kalan, heto ang posporo.
Light the stove for me. Here are the matches.
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B
Lola, amoy gas po!
Lola, I smell gas!
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A
Mabuti, may gas pa!
Good, there's still gas!
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B
Huwag po, pakisara ang gas, pakibukas ang bintana!
Don't! Turn off the gas and open the windows!
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