Teach Yourself Tagalog Complete Course (Book Only)
by Castle, Corazon SalvacionEdition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-01-26
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill
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Summary
Thriller in Manila? Teach yourself Tagalog!With Teach Yourself it's possible for virtually anyone to learn and experience the languages of the world, from Afrikaans to Zulu; Ancient Greek to Modern Persian; Beginner's Latin to Biblical Hebrew. Follow any of theTeach Yourself Language Coursesat your own pace or use them as a supplement to formal courses. These complete courses are professionally designed for self-guided study, making them one of the most enjoyable and easy to use language courses you can find.Prepared by experts in the language, each course begins with the basics and gradually promotes the student to a level of smooth and confident communication, including: Step-by-step guide to pronunciation and grammar Regular and irregular verb tables Plenty of practice exercises and answers Practical vocabulary and a bilingual glossary Clear, uncluttered, and user-friendly layout An exploration of the culture And much more
Author Biography
Corazon Salvacion Castle has been teaching Tagalog for 23 years Laurence McGonnell currently lives and teaches in the Philippines
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Pronunciation guide | p. 2 |
| Sa paliparan / At the airport | p. 5 |
| Introducing yourself and addressing others | |
| Greeting people at different times of the day | |
| Saying hello and goodbye | |
| Language skills: Si, sina | |
| Simple sentence construction | |
| Formal or informal? Ka, kayo You | |
| Anong oras ang almusal / What time is breakfast? | p. 17 |
| Checking in to your hotel | |
| Language skills: Verb 'to be' | |
| Enquiring about meals | |
| Language skills: May, mayroon Has/have, there is/are | |
| Wala None (no) | |
| Question words: Sino? ano? Who? What? | |
| Para sa inyo ang regalong ito / This gift is for you | p. 32 |
| Meeting your friend's family | |
| Language skills: The indefinite article, a and an | |
| Ang The definite article, the | |
| Saying 'thank you' | |
| Language skills: Hindi No/not | |
| Wala None | |
| Nasaan ang post office? / Where's the post office? | p. 46 |
| Asking 'where?' | |
| Language skills: Nasaan? Where? | |
| Buying stamps and sending a parcel | |
| Language skills: Adjectives | |
| Pera / Money | p. 59 |
| Asking the price of goods | |
| Language skills: Isa, dalawa, tatlo, etc. One, two, three, etc. Counting money | |
| Anong oras na? Telling the time | |
| Magkano, magkakano How much, how much each? | |
| Haggling | |
| Changing currency and travellers' cheques at the bank | |
| Saan ka nakatira? / Where do you live? | p. 76 |
| Using the question word saan | |
| Language skills: Saan? Where? | |
| Finding an address on a map | |
| Language skills: Masyado So, very, quite, too, etc. Find the right Jeepney/bus | |
| Ang pamilya ko / My family | p. 89 |
| Introducing the members of your family | |
| Language skills: Ko, mo, niya, namin, natin, ninyo, nila | |
| Possessive pronouns: Ng Of/of the | |
| Ni/nina + name of person/s | |
| Using 'ay' in a sentence | |
| Language skills: Ay | |
| Sa restawran / At the restaurant | p. 104 |
| Ordering your drinks | |
| Language skills: Mga Making words plural | |
| Choosing some typical Filipino food | |
| Language skills: Other uses of mga | |
| Asking for the bill | |
| Language skills: Ito, iyan, iyon This, that, that (over there) | |
| Mga + ito, iyan, iyon | |
| Sa botika / At the pharmacy | p. 119 |
| Asking for medication | |
| Language skills: Para sa For | |
| Para kanino For whom | |
| Para saan for what | |
| Consulting a doctor | |
| Naming the parts of the body | |
| Tulong? / (Need) Help? | p. 132 |
| Asking for help | |
| Language skills: Sa akin, sa iyo, sa kaniya Mine, yours, his/hers | |
| Mga kulay Colours | |
| Shopping for a gift | |
| Language skills: Kanino Whose | |
| Sa To/to the, in/in the, on/on the, at/at the | |
| Gusto kong magpagupit / I want a haircut | p. 148 |
| Making an appointment | |
| Language skills: Pseudo-verbs | |
| Describing what you want done | |
| Language skills: More about pseudo-verbs | |
| Language skills: More on the sa preposition | |
| Bagay ba sa akin? / Does this suit me? | p. 163 |
| Trying something on in a store | |
| Language skills: Verbs: Active voice/passive voice | |
| Transitive/intransitive | |
| The um verb | |
| Asking about alterations | |
| Language skills: Verbalisation of adjectives | |
| Describing the weather | |
| Language skills: Verbalisation of acts of nature | |
| Sa istasyon ng bus / At the bus station | p. 181 |
| Asking about tickets, destinations and departures | |
| Days, months and years | |
| Language skills: Mag verbs | |
| Enquiring about arrivals | |
| Language skills: Ma verbs | |
| Finding out what your journey will be like | |
| Language skills: Maka + um verb stem To be able to, to happen to, to come to, to manage to | |
| Makapag + mag verbs To be able to, to happen to, to come to, to manage to | |
| Sa tabing-dagat / At the beach | p. 201 |
| Hiring a boat | |
| Language skills: Mang verbs | |
| Particles | |
| Going swimming | |
| Language skills: Makapang To be able to | |
| Sa simbahan / At church | p. 218 |
| Becoming a godparent | |
| Language skills: In Passive verbs | |
| Attending a baptism | |
| Language skills: Changing the tense of in verbs | |
| More on particles | |
| Maari bang gawin mo ito? / Could I ask a favour of you? | p. 235 |
| Making requests and suggestions | |
| Language skills: Passive 'i' verbs | |
| May + verb | |
| Walang + verb | |
| Requests, commands and suggestions | |
| Isang kasalan / A wedding | p. 250 |
| Understanding Filipino customs and traditions: a wedding | |
| Language skills: Passive an verbs | |
| Expressing the circumstantial in passive verbs | |
| Talking about customs | |
| Language skills: Sarili ko/aking sarili etc | |
| Reflexive | |
| Mismo intensive | |
| Sa isang pistang bayan / At a town fiesta | p. 268 |
| Celebrating a Filipino fiesta | |
| Language skills: Pag + verb root | |
| Nominalised verbs - the gerund | |
| Ka + verb root + an, ang + verb | |
| Other nominalisations | |
| Language skills: Maki, makipag, makipang | |
| Participational verb forms in active verbs | |
| Handling a water buffalo! | |
| Language skills: Ganito Like this | |
| Ganiyan Like that | |
| Ganoon Like that (over there) | |
| Ang buhay sa baryo / Life in the barrio | p. 287 |
| Living in the barrio | |
| Language skills: Magpa + active verb To cause, to let, to have, to permit, to ask, to make | |
| Helping on the farm | |
| Language skills: Pa-in (ma/um verb roots), papag-in (mag verb roots), papang-in (mang verb roots) | |
| Language skills: Ipa (in and i verbs), pa-an (an verbs) To cause, to let, to make, to allow, to have, to permit | |
| Paalam / Goodbye | p. 304 |
| Expressing embarrassment | |
| Language skills: Kasing/sing As... as | |
| Doing last-minute shopping | |
| Language skills: Making nouns with pang | |
| Saying your last goodbyes | |
| Language skills: Mas, lalong, kaysa sa | |
| Key to the exercises | p. 323 |
| Verb list | p. 334 |
| Tagalog-English glossary | p. 345 |
| English-Tagalog glossary | p. 356 |
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