Day 14 of 160

Day 14: Storm Surge or Daluyong

In the booth of an AM radio station in Quezon City, Christian (A) and Joy (B), young reporters, rewrite a typhoon bulletin for the coastal towns of Quezon province before going on air.

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

    Joy, palitan natin ang "storm surge"; hindi 'yan maiintindihan sa baybayin ng Quezon.

    Joy, let's change "storm surge." They won't understand it on the Quezon coast.

  2. B

    Termino 'yan ng PAGASA, at alam na ng lahat mula noong Yolanda.

    That's PAGASA's term, and everyone's known it since Yolanda.

  3. A

    Noong Yolanda nga maraming hindi lumikas, kasi akala nila malakas na alon lang.

    Yolanda is exactly when lots of people didn't evacuate, because they thought it was just big waves.

  4. B

    Pero kung "daluyong" lang, baka isipin ng kabataan na sa libro lang 'yon.

    But if it's only "daluyong," young people might think it's just a word from books.

  5. A

    Kaya pareho: "Daluyong o storm surge, ibig sabihin, tataas ang dagat at aabot sa mga bahay."

    So, both: "Daluyong, or storm surge, meaning the sea will rise and reach the houses."

  6. B

    Sige, at sabihin natin kung gaano kataas, hanggang tatlong metro.

    Okay, and let's say how high, up to three meters.

  7. A

    At ang gagawin nila: lumikas bago dumilim. 'Yan ang pinakamahalagang salita.

    And what they need to do: evacuate before dark. That's the most important word.

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