Day 21: Coconut Soap for the Rooms
At a hotel in Tagaytay, Aira (A) and Lara (B), young co-founders of a small brand of coconut soap made by women in Quezon province, pitch their soap for the guest rooms to Andy (C), the hotel's purchasing manager.
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 Andy, gawa po ng mga nanay sa Quezon ang sabong ito, mula sa purong langis ng niyog.
Sir Andy, this soap is made by mothers in Quezon, from pure coconut oil.
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B
Sakto po sa dalawang gabi ang bawat piraso, kaya walang nasasayang.
Each bar is just right for a two-night stay, so none of it goes to waste.
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C
Mabango nga, pero hindi ba't doble ang presyo nito? Paano kung maubusan kayo sa Mahal na Araw?
It does smell nice, but isn't this twice the price? And what if you run out during Holy Week?
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A
Paano po kung ang mga bisita mismo ang naghahanap ng gawang-lokal?
But what if it's the guests themselves who are looking for local products?
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B
May tatlong buwang stock na po kami, at dalawampu't apat ang gumagawa.
We already have three months of stock, and there are twenty-four of them making it.
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C
Sige, kukunin ko, pero sa amin lang kayo magsu-supply, wala nang ibang hotel.
All right, I'll take it, but you'll supply only us, no other hotels.
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A
Exclusive po? Pag-uusapan po muna namin ni Lara.
Exclusive? Lara and I will talk it over first.
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