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Test Your Tagalog | Listening Quiz on Vocabulary – Animals, (10-Point Quiz – Beginners 02)

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Difficulty Level: Mamamayan (Beginner)

This tests your listening comprehension of the Tagalog words you’ve studied. Continue reading Test Your Tagalog | Listening Quiz on Vocabulary – Animals, (10-Point Quiz – Beginners 02) →

Talk Tagalog | Pilot Episode B – Limang Katangian ng Pilipinas Bago Dumating ang mga Kastila

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Lesson Type: Listening Comprehension
Difficulty Level: Bayani (Upper Intermediate)
Topic: Limang Katangian ng Pilipinas Bago Dumating and mga Kastila (Five Characteristics of the Philippines Before the Arrival of the Spaniards)

Philippine history is a colorful rice cake, baked with multiple layers of migrations and colonists. The farther back into the past you go the more layers you have to peel back. Before the arrival of the Colonial Spaniards, the islands had vibrant cultures and societies. Find out the more about what makes Filipinos Filipinos by taking a mental journey in the archipelago’s deep past before the first Europeans set foot on Philippine shores.

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Did you find this a bit difficult? No worries. Let’s go one notch down to the intermediate level with another listening comprehension episode Ang Dyipni about the Philippine passenger jeep. There’s also a little neat quiz after each article you can take to test your learning.

You don’t want to practice listening comprehension anymore? You can read something more technical like this article on Tagalog grammar that discusses Tagalog prefixes, infixes and suffixes?

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Answer Key
Question 1: B
Question 2: E
Question 3: A
Question 4: D
Question 5: D

Talk Tagalog | Pilot Episode A – Ang Dyipni

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Lesson Type: Listening Comprehension
Difficulty Level: Maharlika (Intermediate)
Topic: Ang Dyipni (The Philippine passenger jeep)

Philippine passenger jeeps are the most common form of transportation in the Philippines. It is impossible to spend even a day in the country without noticing these brightly-colored, garish kings of the streets. In this episode, find out where the Philippine jeepney came from, and why they are so close to the hearts of Filipinos.

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All this listening make you hungry? How about practicing your listening skills with this transcript of these news reports about food glorious food the Maginhawa Food Street or Filipino Cold Streets. There is a little neat quiz after each article you can take to test your learning.

Did you like this? There’s another pilot episode like this, which is a bit longer but up one difficulty level: Limang Katangian ng Pilipinas Bago Dumating ang mga Kastila (Five Characteristics of the Philippines before the Arrival of the Spanish).

You don’t want to practice listening comprehension anymore? You can read something on the broader level like, Why Should You Learn Tagalog?.

 

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Answer Key
Question 1: C
Question 2: A
Question 3: D
Question 4: D

Listening Comprehension Exercise: Talk with Lala “Saleslady Attack!”

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Difficulty Level: Maharlika (Intermediate)
Title: Talk with Lala “Saleslady Attack!”
Description: In this monologue, the show host talks about her pet peeves on salesladies.
Lesson type: Listening Comprehension, transcript of third-party video

QUIZ

Question 1: Why is the host of the show wearing make-up?

  1. The episode is about her make-up techniques.
  2. She came back from a night of clubbing.
  3. She is a saleslady and is required to wear make up at work.
  4. She was a model during a photoshoot.
  5. None of the above.

Question 2: What behavior of salesladies did the host mention which she finds annoying?

  1. The saleslady who greets you you loudly at a shop entrance.
  2. The saleslady who follows you everywhere inside the shop.
  3. The saleslady who is pushy in upselling additional products.
  4. The salesladies who text on their phones the whole day.
  5. None of the above.

Question 3: What does the host think that sales ladies who are overly attentive and follow you around the store make people feel?

  1. They make people feel obligated to buy something.
  2. They make people feel flattered by the attention.
  3. The make people feel like prey being stalked by a predator.
  4. They make people feel in a sociable mood.
  5. All of the above.

Question 4: Once, her dad went to a hardware store wearing dirty fieldwork clothes and none of the salesladies in the hardware initially minded him. What surprised people in that shop during that incident?

  1. Despite his filthy appearance he confidently flirted with the salesladies.
  2. He wasn’t assisted by anyone from the hardware.
  3. He ended up buying a lot of things from the hardware.
  4. He announced he was actually the store’s owner.
  5. None of the above.

Transcript
Basta ‘yon. Walang bisa yan. O, aminin niyo ‘yan, aminin niyo ‘yan. I’m snacking, McDonald’s. Yes, McDonald’s.

Hi guys, welcome back to my channel. See sa title ng aking video is “Saleslady Attack!” Yes, “Saleslady Attack.” Kung napapansin niyo naka-make-up ako and super make-up talaga ang lola niyo. Huwag niyo na lang po siya pansinin kasi meron po ako ginawang ah… pictorial. Meron kaming ginawang photoshoot so… ‘yun. Ako yung ginawa nilang model. Model daw oh.

Di’ ba minsan ‘pagka pumunta ka sa isang mall, tapos pumasok ka sa isang store, yung saleslady sobrang accommodating niya. Sa su.. [stutters]. Sa sobrang accommodating ng saleslady, alam mo yung kahit saan ka magpunta sa loob ng store nakasunod siya sa’yo. Eh di’ ba minsan… minsan nakakairita yung ganoon. Although ginagawa lang niya yung trabaho niya, pero diba’ nakakairita minsan na sunod lang ng sunod sa’yo ang saleslady.

“Ano ba? Mamaya na. ‘Pag may kailangan ako, tatawagin kita.”

“Kailangan ko mapag-isa. Huwag niyo ako sundan.”

Pero, don’t get me wrong, ah. Saludo ako sa mga saleslady na super, super mag-entertain ng kanilang customer, guest. Pero huwag naman masyadong O.A. yung parang ikaw na yung nahihiya dun sa store, kasi parang… feeling mo parang obligado ka bumili kapag sunod ng sunod sa’yo yung mga saleslady. ‘Di ba? Kahit hindi yun yung gusto kong bilhin, nabibili ko. Alam niyo yung minsan na parang sa sobrang sales talk ng saleslady, nabibili mo yung hindi mo dapat bilhin. Yun yung nararamdaman natin minsan pero syempre di’ natin masisisi yung saleslady kasi uhm… ginagawa lang naman niya yung trabaho niya, eh which is good, kasi uhm… trabaho niya yun na mag-entertain ng customers or pilitin… pilitin makabili yung customer ng product na yun. Tapos, may mga saleslady rin naman na suplada. Yes, di’ ba. Mga suplada sila, as in, di sila nag-eentertain ng mga… ng mga customers nila.

“Miss, meron ba kayo nito?”

“Ay wala ho kami niyan.” o “Ubos na po. Out of stock.” Duh?

Di’ ba may mga ganung saleslady talaga. Dahil diyan, kakain muna ako. Kasi…

One time nangyari ‘to sa’kin. Yung dad ko nagpunta sa mall, parang pumunta siya sa isang hardware sa mall. Madumi… madumi talaga yung suot niya, as in… Galing siya dun sa field. So ayun, madumi talaga siya. Hindi siya in-entertain ng saleslady, as in hindi siya in-entertain. Feeling ng saleslady, uhm… hindi siya bibili… Alam mo parang feeling niya pulubi yung tatay ko, parang ganoon. Pero merong isang ginintuang pusong saleslady na nag-entertain sa kanya. And, nagulat yung mga tao dun sa shop kasi maraming binili yung dad ko.

Oh, di’ ba? May mga saleslady talaga na judgmental. Alam niyo yung parang… parang mamatahin ka nila kung ano yung hitsura mo, kung ano yung… kung ano yung ka… ka-estado mo sa buhay. Di’ ba may mga ganoon.

May mga saleslady naman talaga na hindi nila ginagawa yung trabaho nila, as in tamad sila, as in, nakatingin lang sila sa ‘yo. Parang, duh? Parang “Bibili ba ‘to? Parang hindi naman.”

Sana nag-enjoy kayo dito sa maikling random talk ko about saleslady… Please guys, subscribe on my channel and thumbs up this video and comment in comment box below kung gusto nilang magcomment. Okay, see you later. Bye… Mwah!

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Listening Comprehension Exercise: Filipino Cold Desserts

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Difficulty Level: Maharlika (Intermediate Level)

Description: A news segment on Filipino traditional cold desserts reported by a native Tagalog speaker.

Question 1: Which Filipino desserts featured by the news segment?

  1. Halo-halo
  2. Scrambol
  3. “Dirty” ice cream in a hamburger bun
  4. All of the above

Question 2: This news segment was intended to be shown during which time of the year?

  1. During the summer, on Labor Day
  2. During Christmas time, during cool weather
  3. During rainy season, after a major typhoon
  4. None of the above

Question 3: What were some of ingredients of the halo-halo which were mentioned during the news segment

  1. Milk and ice shavings
  2. Beans and gelatin
  3. Yam and leche flan
  4. All of the above

Question 4: The “scrambol” was described by the reporter as the __________ of the halo-halo.

  1. Grandfather
  2. Father
  3. Offspring
  4. Cousin
  5. Partner

Transcript

Archorman: Kanya-kanya na tayo ng diskarte para tayo po ay magpalamig.

Anchorwoman: Alam niyo siyempre, ang hanap-hanap po natin ang mga pampalamig. O kayo? Ano ang perfect na pampalamig niyo ngayong summer? Ang Tatak Noypi ibandila mo, Tony Velasquez.

Reporter: Sa tindi ng init mga tao’y nanlalagkit. Tagaktak ang kanilang pawis, mas peresko pang maghubad kesa magbihis. Hanap-hanap ng Pinoy ang pampalamig na isusubo na lang niya sa kayang bibig. Masarap dapat sa panlasa, at magaan pa sana sa bulsa.

Wala nang mas panalo sa paboritong pinoy halo-halo. Sa sikat mang restorant…

Interviwee: Next one is ah… banana, saging na saba. So we put uh… one teaspoon full, so we’re very generous with our portions.

Reporter: O sa tabi-tabi lang ng daan. Tinitimplahang mga rekado sa isang basong gatas at yelo na kinaskas. May saging at langka, beans at gulaman. Ang timplang espesyal, may ube at leche flan. Mga kostumer na minsang nasarapan, ito na lagi ang kanilang binabalik-balikan.

Interviewee 2: Dinadayo po samin dito ‘tong halo-halo ni Mamasing…

Reporter: Ang scrambol naman ang pinsan ng halo-halo, may sangkap na gatas, arinbal at yelo at iba’t-ibang pampalasa na pwedeng idagadag dito. Linalagyan pa ng kending toppings ito bago hugupin sa malaking straw.

Ang ibang naiinitan dirty ice cream ang palaman sa kanilang hamburger bun. The subscriber cannot be reached para lang makatikim ng Pinoy ice cream sandwich. Ayon na rin mismo sa prediksyon ng PAGASA, asahan na ang pinakamainit na temperatura, ngayon mismong Araw ng Paggawa. Baka makapagdagdag pa ito sa init ng ulo ng mga oberong walang matatanggap na umento.

Kung ikaw ay pinagpapawisan sa trabaho o laro man, sikapin mong gawan ng paraan para laging cool ka lang. Kahit mga supot lang ng ice-water ang iyong pagsasaluhan.

Old lady: Ito ang da best halo-halo sa Tondo.

Reporter: Tony Velasquez, ABS-CBN.

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Answer Key: Filipino Cold Desserts (241 downloads )

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Tips:

“Ang scrambol naman ang pinsan ng halo-halo…” – Meanwhile, the scrambol is the cousin of the halo-halo… “Pinsan” means cousin.

Notes: PAGASA is an acronym for The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomic Administration – the Philippine government bureau which monitors the weather.

Araw ng Paggawa is Labor Day (May 1 in the Philippines)