Day 264: The Night the River Rose
Just home in Marikina after months at sea, Bernie (B), a seaman, finds his street still recovering from last month's typhoon, and his neighbor Robert (A) comes out to greet him.
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
Bernie, buti nakauwi ka na! Ang laki ng pinsala ng bagyo.
Bernie, good to have you home! The typhoon did so much damage.
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B
Nasa barko ako noon. Ano ang nangyari?
I was on the ship back then. What happened?
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A
Una, nag-brownout. Tapos, umapaw ang ilog sa kalye natin.
First, the power went out. Then the river overflowed into our street.
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B
E paano kayo nakaligtas?
So how did you all make it out?
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A
Sinagip kami ng mga tanod. Relief lang ang kain namin sa evacuation center.
The tanods rescued us. At the evacuation center, all we had to eat was relief goods.
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