Day 56: The Butcher Has No Change
At the meat section of the palengke, Anton (A) buys pork from Gerald (B), a young butcher.
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
Magkano po ang kilo ng baboy?
How much is a kilo of pork?
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B
Tatlong daan po.
Three hundred.
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A
Heto po, isang libo.
Here's a thousand.
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B
Wala pa po akong sukli!
I don't have any change yet!
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