Day 316: Phones at the Dinner Table
At dinner, old Tasyo (A) watches his grandchildren on their phones and talks with his daughter Raquel (B).
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
Puro cellphone ang henerasyong ito.
This generation is nothing but phones.
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B
E noon po?
And back in your day?
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A
Pinakamasaya ang dekada sitenta!
The seventies were the happiest decade!
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B
Maganda po ang nakaraan, pero sila ang hinaharap.
The past was lovely, but they're the future.
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