Day 238: Both Broke Before Payday
Three days before payday, Celine (A) asks her roommate and friend Leslie (B), as nicely as she can, for a loan to pay the electric bill.
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
Leslie, kung puwede sana, pahiram ng dalawang libo?
Leslie, if it's okay, could I borrow two thousand?
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B
Para saan? At ano ang garantiya mo?
What for? And what's your guarantee?
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A
Para sa kuryente, hindi luho, pangangailangan. May advance ako sa Biyernes.
For the electric bill. It's not a luxury, it's a necessity. I'm getting an advance on Friday.
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B
Ang kaso, petsa de peligro rin ako. Bente na lang ang pera ko!
The thing is, I'm broke until payday too. I've only got twenty pesos left!
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A
E 'di sabay tayong magtitipid!
Then we'll both be pinching pennies!
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