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There’s a dish missing May isang pagkaing wala rito

This is broken/not clean Ito ay sira/hindi malinis
The food’s cold Malamig ang pagkain
The food’s not fresh Hindi sariwa ang pagkain

The food’s too Ang pagkain ay sobrang maalat/
salty/sweet/spicy matamis/maanghang Eating Out

The meat’s too rare Hindi pa luto ang karne
The meat’s overdone Sobra ang pagkaluto ng karne
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The meat’s tough Makunat ang karne
The meat is off/has Ang karne ay sira/ay masama na
gone bad

Could I have something Maaari ba na bigyan ninyo ako ng iba
else instead of this? rito?
The bill/this amount is Ang kuwenta/ang halaga ay hindi
not right tama
We didn’t have this Wala kami nito

There’s no toilet paper Walang papel pangkubeta sa
in the restroom palikuran
Will you call the Pakitawag po lamang ninyo ang
manager, please? manedyer?

4.5 Paying a compliment

That was a wonderful Napakasarap ng pagkaing iyan
meal
The food was excellent Ang pagkain ay napakahusay

The...in particular was Lalo na ang…ay napakasarap
delicious

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