Day 291: Look It Up in the Library
In her Filipino class at a university in Manila, Ma'am Cecilia (A) asks her student Czarina (B) to translate a sentence with an old Tagalog word in it.
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
Audio for this lesson is coming soon. For now, read the dialogue and its translation.
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A
Czarina, isalin mo itong pangungusap.
Czarina, translate this sentence.
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B
Ano po ang kahulugan nito?
What does this mean?
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A
Pumunta ka sa library para sa diksiyunaryo.
Go to the library for the dictionary.
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B
Hindi po puwede sa cellphone?
Can't I just look it up on my phone?
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