Day 224: Eight Hundred Pesos Short
Ivan (A), a high school student planning a surprise for his parents' twentieth anniversary with his own savings, phones a restaurant, and Mika (B) takes the call.
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
Hello po. Puwede po bang mag-reserve ng silid para sa sampu?
Hello. Could I reserve a private room for ten?
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B
Opo. Ano po ang okasyon?
Yes, of course. What's the occasion?
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A
Sorpresang selebrasyon po para sa anibersaryo ng mga magulang ko.
A surprise celebration for my parents' anniversary.
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B
Sa malalaking pangkat po, may deposito pong dalawang libo.
For large groups, there's a two-thousand-peso deposit.
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A
Dalawang libo po? Kulang po ako ng walong daan!
Two thousand? I'm eight hundred short!
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