Day 71 of 160

Day 71: Not the Salary They Promised

At the Department of Migrant Workers in Mandaluyong, Chloe (A), a young caregiver about to work abroad, asks Lydia (B), an officer, to look over her employment contract before her flight.

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

    Ma'am, pakitingnan po ang kontrata ko. Lunes na po ang flight ko.

    Ma'am, could you please look over my contract? My flight is on Monday.

  2. B

    Ayon po sa job order, walong daang dolyar. Hindi ba't iyon po ang ipinangako sa inyo?

    According to the job order, it's eight hundred dollars. Isn't that what they promised you?

  3. A

    Opo, nakasulat pa nga po sa ad nila sa Facebook.

    Yes, it was even in their ad on Facebook.

  4. B

    E bakit po anim na raan dito? Ano naman po itong "itatabi ng employer ang pasaporte"?

    Then why does it say six hundred here? And what's this, "the employer will keep the passport"?

  5. A

    Para raw po hindi mawala, sabi ng agent. Mali po ba iyon?

    So it won't get lost, the agent said. Is that wrong?

  6. B

    Pasaporte po ninyo iyan, hindi kanila. Paano po kung gusto na ninyong umuwi at nasa kanila iyon?

    That's your passport, not theirs. What if you want to come home and they have it?

  7. A

    Ano po ang puwede kong gawin? Nakapagpaalam na po ako sa pamilya ko.

    What can I do? I've already said goodbye to my family.

  8. B

    May magagawa pa po tayo. Magreklamo po kayo rito ngayon din, bago kayo umalis.

    There's still something we can do. File a complaint here right away, before you fly out.

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