Day 156: Evaluating Ana's Speech
At a public speaking club in Makati, Ana (A), a young nurse, asks Ernesto (B), the evening's evaluator, to go over his critique of her seven-minute speech about her grandmother's sari-sari store.
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
Sir Ernesto, puwede po ba ninyong ulitin ang evaluation ninyo? Ang bilis po kasi kanina, kinakabahan pa ako.
Sir Ernesto, could you go over your evaluation again? It went by so fast earlier, and I was still nervous.
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B
Una, maganda ang paksa mo, ang tindahan ng lola mo na lagi mong ikinukuwento. Kung ano ang bukambibig, siyang laman ng dibdib.
First, your topic was lovely: your grandmother's store, which you're always telling us about. What's always on your lips is what's in your heart.
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A
Salamat po. Pero sabi po ninyo kanina, may isa akong dapat ayusin?
Thank you. But earlier you said there was one thing I should fix?
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B
Marahil medyo nagmadali ka lang sa simula; para kang hinahabol ng aso sa unang minuto.
Perhaps you rushed a little at the start; for the first minute, it was as if a dog were chasing you.
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A
Kinabahan po kasi ako; parang nakatingin po ang lahat sa timer.
I was nervous; it felt like everyone was watching the timer.
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B
Sa kabuuan, mahusay ang talumpati mo: malinaw, may puso, at pasok sa pitong minuto.
All in all, your speech was excellent: clear, heartfelt, and within the seven minutes.
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A
Buti na lang po. E ano po ang pinakanagustuhan ninyo?
What a relief. So what did you like best?
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B
Ang biro mong hindi pinaghandaan: nang makalimutan mo ang linya mo at sinabi mo, "Palista muna."
The joke you didn't prepare: when you forgot your line and said, "Put it on my tab."
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A
Linya po 'yon ng mga suki ni Lola. Dalawampung taon ko pong narinig 'yon sa tindahan.
That was the line Lola's regulars used. I heard it for twenty years at the store.
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