Day 49 of 160

Day 49: Lugaw Until Sunrise

After closing their lugawan in Kamuning, Quezon City, Miko (A) and Arvin (B), young co-owners, argue about staying open all night for the call center workers who pass by before dawn.

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

    Pare, hindi ba't puno ng taga-call center ang kalye natin tuwing alas-tres ng madaling-araw?

    Pare, isn't our street full of call center people at three every morning?

  2. B

    Puno nga, pero sino ang magluluto? Alas-diyes pa lang, pagod na ang mga tauhan natin.

    Full, sure, but who's going to cook? By ten, our staff are already worn out.

  3. A

    Paano kung kumuha tayo ng bago, panggabi lang? Ang daming naghahanap ng trabaho.

    What if we hire someone new, just for nights? Lots of people are looking for work.

  4. B

    E paano kung maholdap tayo? Noong isang linggo lang, may naholdap sa kanto.

    And what if we get held up? Just last week, someone got held up at the corner.

  5. A

    Hindi ba't mas ligtas ang kanto kapag may bukas na tindahan at maliwanag?

    Isn't a corner safer when there's a shop open and the street is lit?

  6. B

    Sabagay. Pero isang buwan muna; subukan natin bago tayo mangako.

    True enough. But one month first; let's try it before we commit.

  7. A

    Isang buwan, sige. Kapag walang dumating, ako ang uubos ng matitirang lugaw.

    One month it is. If nobody comes, I'll eat all the leftover lugaw myself.

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