Day 181: Monggo Again on Friday
On a Friday morning in Batangas, Toni (A) sees her father Ariel (B) getting out the mung beans again, the family's dish every Friday.
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
Pa, monggo na naman po? Tuwing Biyernes na lang po!
Dad, monggo again? It's every single Friday!
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B
Banlawan mo na. May malunggay pa, puno ng sustansiya!
Go rinse them. And there's malunggay too, full of nutrients!
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A
Dapat po bang ibabad din?
Do I need to soak them too?
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B
Oo, isang oras. At may pritong dilis sa ibabaw!
Yes, for an hour. And there'll be fried dilis on top!
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