Day 110: Washing for the Neighbors
At home, Dado (A), who has started doing the neighbors' laundry in the family's washing machine, looks at this month's electric bill with his grown daughter Dana (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
Dana, ang laki ng konsumo natin ngayong buwan!
Dana, we used so much electricity this month!
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B
Dahil po iyan sa paglalaba ninyo, Pa.
That's because of all your laundry, Dad.
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A
Pero kumikita naman ako kada araw!
But I'm making money every day!
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B
Sapat po ba? Bukas po ang due date.
Is it enough, though? The bill's due tomorrow.
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A
Kinsenas din bukas. Diretso ako sa bayad center!
Tomorrow's payday too. I'm going straight to the bayad center!
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