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What kind of room?
             PEDRO : Iyon hong pandalawahan.
                      A room for two people.

             CLERK : Uulitin ko ho. Isang kuwartong pandalawahan, mula ika-17 ng
                         Disyembre, para sa tatlong gabi.
                      I will repeat it. One room for two people, from the 17th of December for
                      three nights.

             PEDRO : Magkano ho ang isang gabi?
                      How much for a night?

             CLERK : Dalawang libong piso ho.
                      Two thousand pesos.

             PEDRO : Kasama ho ba ang almusal?
                      Is breakfast included?
             CLERK : Oho.

                      Yes, sir.
             PEDRO : Sige ho. Salamat.

                      Okay. Thank you.




















                       Bokabolaryo


              Study the following words and phrases. 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.  A  few  words  listed  are  English  words  that  have  been
              incorporated  in  the  Filipino  language.  Study  how  they  have  changed  through
              Tagalog  affixes.  They  are  listed  so  that  you  know  you  can  use  them  with  your
              sentences in Filipino.
                  Heritage learners should try to guess the meaning of the words before looking at
             the translations; you might be familiar with some of these words.


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