Day 102: Thirty Years at Sea
At a maritime training center in Intramuros, Manila, Jestoni (B), a young HR officer, is interviewing Mang Romy (A), a retired ship's chief engineer applying to teach marine engineering part-time, and has just asked him a technical question.
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
Kapag bumagsak ang oil pressure, ihinto agad ang makina bago masira ang bearings.
If the oil pressure drops, you stop the engine right away, before the bearings get damaged.
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B
Kabisado po ninyo talaga ang makina. Huling tanong po: sanay po ba kayo sa online classroom?
You really know engines inside out. Last question: are you comfortable with an online classroom?
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A
Marahil hindi ako kasimbilis ng mga bata sa kompyuter, pero hindi naman siguro mahirap.
I'm probably not as quick on a computer as the young ones, but I don't suppose it's hard.
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B
Nakapag-video call na po ba kayo, o nakapag-upload ng file?
Have you ever made a video call, or uploaded a file?
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A
Linggo-linggo kaming nagvi-video call ng anak ko. Pero ang apo ko ang pumipindot.
My son and I video call every week. But my grandson does all the button-pressing.
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B
Maaari po namin kayong i-train, pero tila kailangan ninyo itong matutuhan bago ang pasukan.
We could train you, but it looks like you'd need to learn it before classes start.
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A
Iho, tatlumpung taon ako sa barko. Doon, hindi mo sasabihing kaya mo hangga't hindi mo pa nasusubukan.
Iho, I spent thirty years on ships. Out there, you don't say you can do something until you've tried it.
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B
Naiintindihan ko na po. Irerekomenda ko po kayo, pero sa training, kayo na po ang pipindot.
Now I understand. I'll recommend you, but at the training, you'll do the button-pressing yourself.
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