Day 149: Still Driving at Eighty
In the garage of the family house in Paco, Manila, Mang Ventura (A), who is eighty and proud of his old sedan, hears his daughter Aurora (B) bring up a proposed rule that would make older drivers retake a driving test.
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
Pakiabot nga ang basahan, Aurora. Dapat makintab ang kotse sa kasal sa Sabado.
Hand me the rag, Aurora. The car has to shine for the wedding on Saturday.
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B
Pa, nabalitaan po ba ninyo? Baka raw po ipa-test ulit ang mga nakatatandang drayber.
Pa, have you heard? They might make senior drivers take the driving test again.
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A
Narinig ko. Kalokohan 'yan; animnapung taon na akong nagmamaneho, ni gasgas wala.
I heard. That's nonsense; I've been driving for sixty years without so much as a scratch.
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B
Hindi ko po kayo minamaliit, Pa. Pero may edad na po kayo, at bumabagal ang reflexes sa ganiyang edad.
I'm not belittling you, Pa. But you're getting on in years, and reflexes slow down at that age.
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A
Kalabaw lang ang tumatanda, anak. Mas mabilis pa akong magsuma kaysa sa calculator mo.
Only carabaos get old, sweetheart. I can still add things up faster than your calculator.
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B
Hindi po utak ninyo ang problema. Sa gabi po, nasisilaw na kayo sa ilaw ng kasalubong.
Your mind isn't the problem. At night, the headlights of oncoming cars blind you now.
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A
Ganito na lang: hindi na ako magmamaneho sa gabi. Pero habang maliwanag, ako pa rin ang drayber.
Here's the deal, then: I won't drive at night anymore. But while it's light out, I'm still the driver.
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B
Payag po ako. Pero alas-diyes pa po ng gabi matatapos ang reception sa Sabado.
That's fine with me. But the reception on Saturday won't end until ten at night.
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A
E 'di ako papunta sa simbahan, ikaw pauwi. Pero ako ang pipili ng kanta.
Then I drive to the church, and you drive home. But I pick the songs.
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