Basic Tagalog: Learn to Speak Modern Filipino/ Tagalog - The National Language of the Philippines: Revised Third Edition (with Online Audio)

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Tuttle Publishing, Jul 1, 2014 - Language Study - 320 pages
Basic Tagalog is a friendly and accessible resource, providing beginning language learners with support, structure and thorough explanations.

This is the most complete language course available for Tagalog—in one easy volume! This new edition has free online native-speaker audio recordings and dialogues in the contemporary Manila dialect spoken throughout the Philippines today. All materials have been thoroughly updated with current vocabulary, phrases and real-life expressions used by younger Filipinos.

This textbook includes:
  • Over 2,500 Tagalog words and phrases
  • Online audio recorded by native speakers to help with pronunciation
  • Bidirectional dictionary
  • Updated cultural notes and sentence patterns
  • Dialogues with manga illustrations
  • Practical exercises at the end of each lesson
  • Downloadable flashcards
  • Clear and concise grammar explanations

This comprehensive language learning course is ideal for both self-study and classroom learners who wish to learn Tagalog the way it is actually spoken.
 

Contents

Pseudo VerbsDapat Gusto and Others
123
Ma and Maka Verb Forms
129
MagingTo Be or To Become
139
MagkaroonTo Have
143
Expressing Thoughts and Actions
147
Expressing Emotions
153
Who Which and That
157
Saying Please
161

Words That Link and Describe
55
Words That Show Possession
63
Asking Questions
71
The Question Word Ba
77
Making Comparisons
83
Using May and Mayroon
89
Numbers
95
Um and Mag Verb Forms
103
In Verb Forms
111
The Articles Ang and Ng
119
Saan and Nasaan Where
165
The Preposition Sa
168
The Prepositions Para Sa and Para Kay
175
Telling Time
179
The Word When in Tagalog
185
Verb Roots
189
Forming Nouns
193
Vocabulary Lists
299
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About the author (2014)

Paraluman Aspillera, author, teacher, and newspaper journalist, specialized in the teaching of English and Tagalog. She was director of the Institute of Filipino Language and Culture at Philippine Women's University and a professor of Pilipino and Philippine Literature at the Institute of Asian Studies, University of the Philippines. She wrote the popular daily column "Your Tagalog Column," which appeared in the Manila Times, and authored many books and articles in both English and Tagalog. Mrs. Aspillera dedicated herself to promoting the national language and culture of her country through extensive travel in North America, Europe, and Asia, and served as executive secretary and director of the UNESCO-sponsored Akademya ng Wikang Pilipino.

Yolanda Canseco Hernandes holds a Master of Arts in English and a B.A. in Literature in Journalism. She was a mentor for more than 10 years at the Philippine Women's University and also taught at the Institute of Filipino Language and Culture.

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