Vocabulary
1. Tindahan - Store
2. Tindero - Male storekeeper
3. Tindera - Female store keeper
4. Chichiria - junk food
5. Tao - Person
6. Po - a suffix used to add politeness to a word.
7. Tao po - Common way of calling attention. It is equivalent to "Anybody home?"
8. Magandang Araw - Good Morning
9. Ano - What
10. Kailangan - Need
11. Mo - You
12. Magkano - How much (price)
13. Asin - Salt
14. Limang Piso - P5.00
15. Isa/Isang - One
16. Supot - small pack (the stress should be on the first syllable. If you put the stress on the last syllable, its meaning becomes "uncircumcised".
17. O sige - Alright/ok
18. lang - Only
19. Ito - here/this
20. Bayad - payment
21. Salamat - Thank You
Cultural Background
Sari sari Store is a kind of store you will see commonly along the streets of the Philippines. Its usually just an extention of the house. It sells sweets, salt and spices, chichiria, soda, celphone load, and many others. Whatever we need on a daily bases can usually be found in this Tindahan.
Scenario Background
Joe, an tourist decides to spend his vacation living among the people instead in a luxury hotel. He even decided to cook for himself. Because Joe is smart, he didn't come to the Philippines culturally unprepared. Before he came over, he studied how to cook Filipino dishes. But when it comes to ingredients, he was totally unprepared because he forgot to bring some salt. So Joe rans out of his rented house to a nearby Sari-Sari Store to get some ingredients.
Joe - Tao po! Pabilan.
Tindero - Magandang araw Joe! Anong kailangan mo?
Joe - Magkano po ang asin?
Tindero - Limang piso ang isang supot.
Joe - O sige po, isa lang. Ito ang bayad ko.
Tindero - Salamat Joe!
Using the vocabulary above, can you figure out what transpired?
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