Day 31: Only Lola's Ear on Screen
Allysa (A), a college student in Manila, video calls her grandmother Sion (B) in Samar, where it's raining.
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
Lola, naputol po ulit ang linya.
Lola, the line cut out again.
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B
Ganyan talaga ang signal dito habang umuulan.
That's just how the signal is here while it's raining.
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A
Tainga lang po ninyo ang nakikita ko!
All I can see is your ear!
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B
Ay, video call ba ito?
Oh, is this a video call?
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