Day 132 of 160

Day 132: Our Café Name Is Taken

In the café they plan to open next month in Kapitolyo, Pasig, Rommel (A), a barista, finds his business partner and friend Kevin (B), who handles the paperwork, reading a letter from the intellectual property office.

How to study this lesson 3 steps
  1. Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
  2. Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense.
  3. 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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  1. A

    Kev, bakit ang seryoso mo? Bukas na ikakabit ang signboard, dapat nagsasaya tayo.

    Kev, why so serious? The signboard goes up tomorrow, we should be celebrating.

  2. B

    Sulat ng IPOPHL. Makinig ka: "Alinsunod sa Intellectual Property Code, rehistrado na ang pangalang ito kaugnay ng mga serbisyo ng kapihan."

    A letter from IPOPHL. Listen: "Pursuant to the Intellectual Property Code, this name is already registered in connection with café services."

  3. A

    Ano raw? Tagalugin mo nga, hindi ako abogado.

    Meaning what? Say it in normal Tagalog, I'm not a lawyer.

  4. B

    May kompanya sa Cebu na nakapagparehistro na ng "Tagpuan" para sa mga kapihan.

    A company in Cebu has already registered "Tagpuan" for coffee shops.

  5. A

    Ang layo ng Cebu! Hindi ba puwedeng ipaglaban natin, magkaiba naman ang isla?

    Cebu's so far away! Can't we fight for it? We're not even on the same island.

  6. B

    Pambansa ang rehistro, bro. Puwede tayong mag-abogado, pero baka mas mahal pa 'yon sa buong café.

    The registration covers the whole country, bro. We could get a lawyer, but that might cost more than the whole café.

  7. A

    Paano 'yung limandaang cup na may logo? At 'yung signboard na bayad na?

    What about the five hundred cups with our logo? And the signboard we've already paid for?

  8. B

    Mas mura kung papalitan natin ngayon kaysa babaklasin pagkatapos ng kaso. Mag-isip ka na ng bagong pangalan.

    It's cheaper to change it now than to tear it down after a lawsuit. Start thinking of a new name.

  9. A

    "Kape ni Vising," pangalan ng lola ko. Pero ipa-search mo muna bago ako magpagawa ng signboard.

    "Kape ni Vising," after my grandmother. But search it first before I order a signboard.

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