Day 36: Pinakbet Without Garlic
Joyce (A) comes home from the market with the vegetables her mother Wilma (B) asked for, just as Wilma gets ready to cook pinakbet.
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
Nakabili po ako ng sitaw at okra.
I got the string beans and the okra.
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B
Igisa mo na ang bawang para sa pinakbet.
Now go saute the garlic for the pinakbet.
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A
Wala po akong nabiling bawang.
I didn't buy any garlic.
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B
Ikaw talaga, hihingi ako sa kapitbahay.
Oh, you. I'll go ask the neighbors for some.
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