Page 288 - Tagalog for Beginners: An Introduction to Filipino, the National Language of the Philippines

Take these tablets three times a day.
PASYENTE : Puwede ho ba akong pumasok sa klase?
Can I go to school?
DOKTOR : Huwag kang pumasok sa klase. Dapat kang magpahinga.

Don’t go to school. You should rest.
PASYENTE : Salamat po.
Thank you.

DOKTOR : Walang anuman. Heto ang reseta.
You are welcome. Here is the prescription.

Bokabolaryo

Study the following words. Some of them were used in the dialogue you just read
and some of them will be useful when you make your own sentences for your
dialogues.

Mga Salita sa Dayalogo (Words in the Dialogue)

Doktor Doctor
Pasyente Patient

Reseta Prescription
Tabletas Tablets

Tatlong beses isang araw Three times a day
Puwede... May I....

Dapat Should
Huwag Don’t

Mga Bahagi ng katawan

Ulo Head

Leeg (pronounced as two syllables; Neck
le-eg)
Lalamunan Throat

Balikat Shoulder
Likod Back

Chest/Breast Dibdib
Arm Braso