Day 137: A Smaller Pata This Sunday
After Sunday mass, Tirso (A) and his wife Emma (C) have lunch at their favorite restaurant in Quezon City, where their usual waitress, Precious (B), has just served a pata that looks smaller than before.
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
Tuwing Linggo kami rito, Precious. Bakit lumiit ang pata?
We're here every Sunday, Precious. Why has the pata shrunk?
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B
Pasensiya na po, mas maliit na po ang serving.
I'm sorry, the servings are smaller now.
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C
Okay lang, basta pareho ang kalidad.
That's all right, as long as the quality's the same.
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B
Opo. Saka libre pa rin po ang refill ng iced tea.
It is. And the iced tea refills are still free.
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A
Kung ganoon, magre-refill ako kada sampung minuto!
In that case, I'll get a refill every ten minutes!
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