Day 4 of 160

Day 4: Who Still Says Laang-Gugulin?

In the newsroom of a Filipino-language TV newscast in Quezon City, Teresa (A), a news writer, hands Maricel (B), the anchor, a script on the city's budget full of deep Tagalog words.

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

Audio for this lesson is coming soon. For now, read the dialogue and its translation.

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  1. A

    Heto na ang istorya sa budget ng lungsod; purong Tagalog 'yan, walang Ingles.

    Here's the city budget story. Pure Tagalog, no English.

  2. B

    Laang-gugulin, kaban ng bayan? Sino pa ang nagsasabi niyan sa palengke?

    Laang-gugulin? Kaban ng bayan? Who still says that at the market?

  3. A

    Balita 'to, hindi kuwentuhan sa kanto; kung hindi tayo, sino pa?

    This is the news, not street-corner gossip. If not us, who?

  4. B

    Ikaw nga, "budget" ang sabi mo kanina; paano pa ang mga nanonood?

    Even you said "budget" just now. What chance do the viewers have?

  5. A

    Sige na nga, ganito: sasabihin mo ang laang-gugulin, at "budget" ang ilalagay sa screen.

    Oh, all right, here's the deal: you say laang-gugulin, and we put "budget" on the screen.

  6. B

    Payag ako, basta idudugtong ko agad: "ang perang gagastusin ng lungsod sa isang taon."

    Deal, as long as I add right after it: "the money the city will spend in a year."

  7. A

    May matututuhan pa ang manonood; tara, dalawang minuto na lang!

    And the viewers even learn something. Come on, we're on in two minutes!

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