Day 91: The Last Bazaar Stall
At a Christmas bazaar in a mall parking lot in Quezon City, Noel (A), a young maker of handmade leather bags, asks Abner (B), the organizer, about a stall for the rest of the season.
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
Sir Abner, may puwesto pa po ba? Leather bags po ang tinda ko.
Sir Abner, do you have any stalls left? I sell leather bags.
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B
Isa na lang, sa tabi ng entrance. Labinlimang libo, at may dalawa pang nagtatanong.
Just one, by the entrance. Fifteen thousand, and two others are asking about it.
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A
Labinlima po? Sampu lang po ang kaya ko, bago pa lang ang negosyo ko.
Fifteen? I can only do ten, my business is still new.
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B
Ang hipong tulog ay tinatangay ng agos. Kapag may nagbayad mamaya, wala ka nang puwesto.
The shrimp that sleeps is swept away by the current. If someone pays later today, you're out of a stall.
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A
Ang pagsasabi po ng tapat ay pagsasama nang maluwat. Sampu lang po talaga ang kaya ko.
Honesty makes for a lasting partnership. Ten is really all I can do.
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B
Matigas ka rin, ha. Pero sa entrance, hindi puwede ang sampu.
You're a tough one, huh. But ten won't do for the entrance.
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A
E sa likod po, malapit sa food court? Dumadaan po roon ang lahat pagkatapos kumain.
What about the back, near the food court? Everyone walks by there after eating.
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B
May sulok doon na hindi ko binebenta, katabi ng CR. Sige, sampu na.
There's a corner back there I wasn't even selling, next to the restroom. Fine, ten it is.
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A
Kunin ko na po! Sa haba ng pila sa CR, baka mas marami pa po akong mabenta roon.
I'll take it! With the line for the restroom, I might even sell more there.
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