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

by Paraluman S. Aspillera, Yolanda Canseco Hernandez, Karen Llagas (Revised by), Leo Alvarado (Illustrator)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780804851954
Publisher:	Tuttle Publishing
Publication date:	04/06/2021
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	1,014,435
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

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 Universityand 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 Hernandez holds a Master of Arts in English and a Bachelor's degree in literature and journalism. She taught for over 10 years at the Philippine Women's Universityand the Institute of Filipino Language and Culture.

Karen Llagas is a poet, translator and lecturer in Filipino at the University of California, Berkeley. She is a recipient of the Filamore Tabios Sr. Memorial Poetry Prize and a Hedgebrook residency. Her first collection of poetry, Archipelago Dust, was published in 2010 and her poems have appeared in anthologies such as Troubling Borders (2014), The Place That Inhabits Us (2010) and Field of Mirrors (2010), among others. She earned her BA at the Ateneo de Manila in the Philippines and her MFA in Creative Writing at Warren Wilson College.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Revised and Expanded Edition 7

Introduction: Tagalog-a Living Language 8

Lesson 1 The Tagalog Alphabet 16

Lesson 2 Syllables and Stress in Tagalog 20

Lesson 3 Greetings and Common Expressions 27

Lesson 4 The Articles Si and Ang 35

Lesson 5 Sentence Formation 41

Lesson 6 Personal and Demonstrative Pronouns 47

Lesson 7 Words That Link and Describe 55

Lesson 8 Words That Show Possession 63

Lesson 9 Asking Questions 71

Lesson 10 The Question Word Ba 77

Lesson 11 Making Comparisons 83

Lesson 12 Using May and Mayroon 89

Lesson 13 Numbers 95

Lesson 14 -Um- and Mag- Verb Forms 103

Lesson 15 -In-Verb Forms 111

Lesson 16 The Articles Ang and Ng 119

Lesson 17 Pseudo Verbs-Dapat, Gusto and Others 123

Lesson 18 Ma- and Maka- Verb Forms 129

Lesson 19 Maging-To Be or To Become 139

Lesson 20 Magkaroon-To Have 143

Lesson 21 Expressing Thoughts and Actions 147

Lesson 22 Expressing Emotions 153

Lesson 23 Who, Which and That 157

Lesson 24 Saying Please 161

Lesson 25 Saan and Nasaan (Where) 165

Lesson 26 The Preposition Sa 168

Lesson 27 The Prepositions Para Sa and Para Kay 175

Lesson 28 Telling Time 179

Lesson 29 The Word When in Tagalog 185

Lesson 30 Verb Roots 189

Lesson 31 Forming Nouns 193

Lesson 32 I-Verb Forms 197

Lesson 33 -An Verb Forms 205

Lesson 34 Adverbs 213

Lesson 35 Conjunctions and Interjections 220

Lesson 36 Magpa- and Pa- + -In Verb Forms 225

Lesson 37 Expressing Disagreement, Agreement or Doubt 231

Lesson 38 Forming Nouns from Verbs 239

Lesson 39 Noun Affixes 244

Lesson 40 Forming Participles Using Naka- 251

Lesson 41 Formation of Adjectives 255

Lesson 42 Plural Forms of Verbs 261

Lesson 43 Contractions 269

Lesson 44 Colors 273

Appendices 276

Foods 276

Cooking Terms 278

Popular Filipino Dishes and Delicacies 280

Tagalog Idioms 281

Everyday Tagalog Expressions 284

More Examples of Conversations in Tagalog 289

Vocabulary Lists 299

Tagalog-English 299

English-Tagalog 308

Review Exercises 318

Answers to Review Exercises 330

Reading Materials 335

Editorial Reviews

"I hope that the new and expanded edition of this book will further encourage both non-Tagalogs and non-Filipinos to speak the Tagalog language better. Only then shall they appreciate the individuality of the language that reflects the resilience and flexibility of Filipinos all around the world." — Yolanda Canseco Hernandez, author

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