Taking Filipino Orders — Video Conversation

Learn about the um verbs and how to use them to give orders and directions

Lesson Transcript

Listen to the dialogue with the text on the screen.

Elsa tumayo ka sa may pintuan.

Opo Inay.

Elsa, pumunta ka sa tindahan at bumili ka ng asukal at mantika.

Opo Inay.

Umuwi ka na pagkatapos.

Opo.

Now you'll hear the key vocabulary followed by the English translation.

tayo, 'to stand up'

uwi, 'to go home, to come home, to return home'

inay, 'mother'

opo, 'yes (polite form)'

mantika, 'oil (cooking oil)'

bumili, 'to buy'

asukal, 'sugar'

tindahan, 'store'

pumunta, 'to go'

tayo, 'to stand up'

Finally let's review the dialogue again, see if you can understand more this time.

Elsa tumayo ka sa may pintuan.

Opo Inay.

Elsa, pumunta ka sa tindahan at bumili ka ng asukal at mantika.

Opo Inay.

Umuwi ka na pagkatapos.

Opo.

This is the end of the lesson.

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