Day 168: A Pool Party and a Lifeguard
At home, Luis (A), a teenager, asks his mother Claire (B) if he can go to his classmate Migo's birthday party at a resort in Pansol, Laguna.
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
Ma, puwede po ba ako sa birthday ni Migo sa Pansol?
Mom, can I go to Migo's birthday in Pansol?
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B
May swimming pool doon? Gaano kalalim?
There's a swimming pool? How deep is it?
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A
May lifeguard po. Tinedyer na po kami, hindi na bata!
There's a lifeguard. We're teenagers now, not kids anymore!
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B
Sige, sang-ayon ako. Pero bawal sa malalim, baka malunod ka!
All right, I agree. But stay out of the deep end, you could drown!
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A
Ma, marunong po akong lumangoy!
Mom, I know how to swim!
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