Day 258: His First Savings Account
At a bank, Ingrid (A), a young employee, helps Mang Mario (B), a tricycle driver in his fifties, open his first savings account so his daughter abroad can send money straight to it.
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
Para sa savings account ninyo, pakipakita po ang patunay ng pagkakakilanlan.
For your savings account, please show proof of identity.
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B
Heto po. Ang liit po ng limbag dito!
Here you go. The print on this form is so tiny!
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A
Pakisulatan po ninyo ang estado at ang benepisyaryo ninyo.
Please fill in your status and your beneficiary.
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B
Estado? Mahirap lang po kami, Ma'am.
My status? We're just poor folks, ma'am.
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A
Hindi po iyon, Sir. Kung may asawa po kayo o wala.
Not that, sir. Whether you're married or not.
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