Day 57 of 160

Day 57: Seventy Percent Chance of Rain

At a garden venue in Silang, Cavite, Kim (A), a young weather forecaster, is called in by her aunt Gemma (B), an events planner with an outdoor wedding for three hundred guests on Saturday.

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

    Ano po 'yung emergency, Tita?

    What's the emergency, Tita?

  2. B

    Uulan ba sa Sabado? Tatlong daang bisita ang kasal sa garden; oo o hindi lang.

    Will it rain on Saturday? The garden wedding has three hundred guests; just yes or no.

  3. A

    Maaaring umulan po pagsapit ng hapon; tila papalapit ang isang low pressure area.

    It may rain by the afternoon; a low pressure area seems to be heading this way.

  4. B

    Kim, hindi ang forecaster ang tinatanong ko, kundi ang pamangkin ko.

    Kim, I'm not asking the forecaster, I'm asking my niece.

  5. A

    Pareho lang po ang sagot namin: pitumpung porsiyento, at marahil sa gabi pa ang malakas.

    We both give the same answer: seventy percent, and the heavy rain will probably hold off until evening.

  6. B

    Alas-tres ang seremonya, at kailangan kong magpasya bago magtanghali kung uupa ako ng tent.

    The ceremony's at three, and I have to decide by noon whether to rent a tent.

  7. A

    Bilang pamangkin po ninyo: umupa na kayo. Mas mura po ang tent kaysa sa tatlong daang basang bisita.

    As your niece: rent it. A tent costs less than three hundred soaking-wet guests.

  8. B

    O siya, uupa na ako. Pero kapag umaraw, sa forecaster ako magrereklamo, hindi sa pamangkin ko.

    All right, I'll rent one. But if the sun comes out, I'm complaining to the forecaster, not my niece.

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