Day 36 of 160

Day 36: Thirty Guests, Maybe More

At a beach resort in Laiya, San Juan, Batangas, Rose (A), the manager, meets Janine (B), Rafa (C) and Mika (D), officers of a college organization booking rooms for their members' outing over a long weekend.

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

    Ilan po ba kayong pupunta, para makuwenta ko ang group rate?

    How many of you will be coming, so I can work out the group rate?

  2. B

    Si Rafa po ang may listahan, Ma'am. Rafa, ilan na ba?

    Rafa has the list, Ma'am. Rafa, how many so far?

  3. C

    Mga tatlumpu po siguro kami, pero maaaring madagdagan pa.

    Around thirty of us, probably, but there may be more.

  4. A

    Nine hundred po bawat tao, pero maaaring tumaas pa dahil long weekend.

    Nine hundred per person, but that may go up since it's a long weekend.

  5. D

    Ma'am, puwede po bang seven hundred na lang, at libre na ang videoke?

    Ma'am, could you make it seven hundred, with the videoke free?

  6. A

    Eight hundred po, at libre ang videoke hanggang alas-diyes, basta bayad na ang tatlumpu bago Biyernes.

    Eight hundred, and the videoke is free until ten, as long as thirty of you have paid by Friday.

  7. B

    Deal po, Ma'am. Rafa, ipaalam mo na sa GC: bayad bago Biyernes, o walang videoke.

    Deal, Ma'am. Rafa, post it in the group chat: pay by Friday or no videoke.

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