Day 6: Not What the Internet Said
At a clinic in Pasig, Marvin (A), a young office worker, shows Dr. Mayumi (B) the lump on his neck and what he read about it online.
How to study this lesson 3 steps
- Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
- Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense.
- 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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A
Doc, ito po 'yung bukol sa leeg ko; sabi sa internet, baka lymphoma raw.
Doc, this is the lump on my neck. The internet says it might be lymphoma.
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B
Patingin po. May masakit po ba kayong ngipin?
Let me see. Do you have a tooth that hurts?
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A
Opo, dalawang linggo nang kumikirot ang bagang ko; ano po ang kinalaman niyon?
Yes, my molar's been throbbing for two weeks. What does that have to do with it?
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B
Kulani po ito, o lymph node; namamaga lang dahil sa impeksiyon sa ngipin ninyo.
This is a kulani, a lymph node. It's only swollen because of the infection in your tooth.
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A
Kulani? Hindi ko na po kailangang magpa-biopsy?
A kulani? So I don't need a biopsy?
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B
Sa ngayon po, hindi; dentista muna, at bumalik kayo kung hindi lumiit pagkalipas ng dalawang linggo.
Not for now. See a dentist first, and come back if it hasn't gone down in two weeks.
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A
Salamat po, Doc; dalawang gabi po akong hindi nakatulog dahil sa nabasa ko.
Thank you, Doc. I couldn't sleep for two nights because of what I read.
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