Day 93: Wrong Ball in the Pocket
At a billiard hall in Sampaloc, Sam (A) asks his friend Nonoy (B), who plays well, to teach him the game.
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
Nonoy, turuan mo ako ng billiards.
Nonoy, teach me how to play billiards.
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B
Hawakan mo ang tako nang ganito, tapos itutok mo sa pula.
Hold the cue like this, then aim at the red one.
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A
Lalakasan ko ba?
Do I hit it hard?
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B
Hindi, nasa diskarte iyan, wala sa lakas.
No. It's all technique, not strength.
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A
Pumasok! Ay, puti ang pumasok.
It went in! Oh. The white one went in.
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