Day 123: Salt for the Leech
Lolo Leoncio (A) leads his grandson Benedict (B), visiting from Manila, along the rice paddies to the spring where the family gets its drinking water.
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
Sundan mo ang hakbang ko hanggang sa bukal.
Step where I step, all the way to the spring.
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B
Lolo, may linta po sa binti ko!
Lolo, there's a leech on my leg!
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A
Asinan natin, dahil ayaw nila iyon.
Let's put salt on it, because they hate that.
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B
Buti na lang po, kayo ang gabay ko!
Good thing you're my guide!
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