Day 1: Cold Inside the Rice Cooker
In the kitchen, Hailey (A) is helping her aunt Grace (B) cook ginataang kalabasa for dinner.
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
Tita, nakita ko na po ang gata!
Tita, I found the coconut milk!
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B
Ayos, nakapagsaing ka na ba?
Great. Have you cooked the rice yet?
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A
Opo, nasa rice cooker na po.
Yes, it's in the rice cooker.
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B
Hailey, malamig pa ang loob, hindi mo pinindot!
Hailey, it's still cold inside. You never switched it on!
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