Day 42 of 160

Day 42: No English in This Meeting

At the office of a family chain of school supply stores in Marilao, Bulacan, Marlon (A), the young operations manager, gives his quarterly report to Lilia (B), the owner, who has banned English jargon from her meetings.

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

    Ayon po sa datos, bumaba nang dalawampung porsiyento ang benta sa ating mga tindahan.

    According to the data, sales at our stores fell by twenty percent.

  2. B

    Lahat ba ng sangay, o may isa lang na humihila sa atin pababa?

    All the branches, or is there just one dragging us down?

  3. A

    Ang sangay po sa may palengke ang pinakamahina. Subalit dumoble po ang mga order online.

    The branch by the market is the weakest. However, online orders have doubled.

  4. B

    Online? Ano'ng sinabi ko tungkol sa Ingles sa mga pulong ko?

    Online? What did I say about English in my meetings?

  5. A

    Paumanhin po: sa internet. Kaya iminumungkahi ko pong isara na ang sangay sa palengke.

    My apologies: on the internet. So I propose that we close the branch by the market.

  6. B

    Isara? Doon kami nagsimula ng asawa ko, tatlumpung taon na ang nakalipas.

    Close it? That's where my husband and I started, thirty years ago.

  7. A

    Nauunawaan ko po; gayunman, tatlong buwan na po tayong lugi roon.

    I understand; nevertheless, we've been losing money there for three months.

  8. B

    Hindi. Doon na natin iimpake ang mga order sa internet, at doon na kukuha ang mga rider, este, tagahatid.

    No. We'll pack the internet orders there, and the riders, I mean, the tagahatid, will pick them up from there.

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