Day 265: One Thing After Another
Over merienda, Zara (A) tells her friend Maica (B) about her afternoon at the pharmacy, where she went for her allergy tablets.
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
Sunud-sunod ang malas ko sa botika kanina!
I had one bad break after another at the pharmacy today!
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B
Bakit? Ikuwento mo naman!
Why? Come on, tell me!
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A
Una, ang haba ng pila. Tapos, ubos ang gamot ko, wala pa ang kargamento.
First, the line was so long. Then my medicine was sold out, and the new shipment hadn't come in.
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B
E 'di wala kang nabili?
So you didn't get anything?
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A
May alternatibo raw, katumbas ng gamot ko. Sa wakas, nakuha ko ang pakay ko!
They said there was an alternative, the equivalent of my medicine. Finally, I got what I came for!
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