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Lesson 16

Pagpunta sa Salo-salo ng May Kaarawan

(Going to a Birthday Party)

Dayalogo: Maligayang Kaarawan! (Happy birthday!)

Read the dialogue below. Practice the expressions you can find in this dialogue.
After completing this chapter, practice this dialogue using your own information.

JUAN : Tao po!
Someone’s here!
CLARA : Ikaw pala, Juan! Tuloy ka!

It’s you, Juan! Come in!
JUAN : Maligayang kaarawan, Clara!

Happy birthday, Clara!
CLARA : Maraming salamat, Juan.

Thank you, Juan!
JUAN : Pagpasensiyahan mo na ang maliit na regalo ko.
Please bear with my small gift./I am sorry for my small gift.

CLARA : Nag-abala ka pa.
You shouldn’t have bothered.

JUAN : Hindi ba’t ika-labingwalong kaarawan mo ngayon?
Isn’t it your eighteenth birthday?
CLARA : Naku, hindi. Labinsiyam na ako.

Oh, no. I am nineteen now.

JUAN : Ganoon ba?