Tagalog

Includes 40 audio CD discs ( = 33 hours), and a 526-page textbook. Beginning Tagalog consists of 25 units and appendices. Depending upon the learner's motivation, a unit can be covered in 4 to 8 hours. In the first half of the text, the learner plays the part of hearer and speaker, with only incidental reading of oral dialogs and drills. From Unit 13 on,...

Hippocrene Books. 389 pages. Includes 5,000 entries. Over 5,000 entries. Concise, easy-to-use format. Common-sense phonetic pronunciations. For travelers, students and businesspeople. Completely modern and up-to-date.

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Foreign Service Institute (FSI). Includes 13 audio CD discs, plus a textbook. This is the best course for learning to speak Tagalog quickly. Conversation, dialogues and practical vocabulary are the focus of this course. The illustrated book includes course materials and a cultural guide. Each unit of the 13 audio CD discs has different activities, including conversation and notes, exercises, and a self-evaluation quiz. Unit...

Bess Press. 128 pages. Illustrations. The book features 200-400 illustrated introductory vocabulary words, a pronunciation guide, and glossaries. The categories which include family, home, school, the body, clothing, food, opposites, numbers, nature, and time, accurately portray the Pinoy culture as well as teach basic vocabulary. An audio CD recorded by a native speaker is included. Recommended for ages 4-8, but adults will also find it...

Hippocrene Books. 186 pages. Includes 2,200 entries. No visit to the Philippines can be as rewarding as one in which the visitor has experienced firsthand the warm hospitality of one of Asia's most enchanting countries. Pilipino (Tagalog), the national language of the Philippines, is the most widely understood of the eight main Philippine languages, with over 10 million speakers. The ability to speak just a...

University of Hawaii Press. 330 pages. Contains 4,000 Tagalog roots, affixes, stems, compounds, and idioms.

Lonely Planet Publications

Includes two audio CD discs (approximately 100 minutes) and a verbatim phrase book. You can learn anytime, anywhere...in your car...while exercising...whenever! Easy to use. First the English phrase is spoken on the tape; then the Tagalog language phrase is spoken twice for maximum learning; followed by a pause for student response. Includes basic Tagalog language conversational phrases such as: greetings, personal needs, transportation, business, health...

461 pages. Size 5?" across x 8?" high. Hippocrene Books. Includes 20,600 entries. Recommended. Now expanded and completely updated, this best-selling two-way dictionary is designed for students of the Tagalog language and native Tagalog speakers in need of a bilingual dictionary. It includes a grammatical introduction to the language, a vocabulary appendix with numbers and menu terms, and over 20,000 total dictionary entries, with idiomatic...

Learn the language of the 39th largest national economy in the world with this Tagalog language course that is suitable not only for readers but the “No Time” course is also great for listeners. We recommend Talk Now! for any language beginner who wants an entertaining self-study course to learn basic phrases, colors, numbers, food, shopping, time, countries, etc. Talk Now! is designed for people...

Pack and Book. 352 pages. Size 5"x7?". Includes two 60-minute audio CD discs. This complete course is based on the very latest learning methods and is designed to be both enjoyable and user-friendly. Prepared by experts in the language, this course begins with the basics and gradually elevates the student to a level of smooth and confident communication. Includes up-to-date interactive dialogues; graded units of...