Lessons in basic Tagalog for foreigners and non-tagalogs
/ Paraluman S. Aspillera
- x, 261 pages
The Tagalog alphabet Pronunciation of Tagalog words Greetings and common expressions Two sentence structures Names of persons, things, and places Pronouns as subjects, pointers Words that describe (ligatures) Words showing possession Interrogatives The use of BA Degrees of adjectives May, mayroon, and wala Numbers Tagalog verbs Active verbs ; um- verbs Mag- verbs Reading tagalog In verbs (maka-) Helping verbs Maging (to be or to become) Magkaroon and magka To think and to go To love Relative pronouns : who, which, that Paki- for request Saan and nasaan Preposition Sa Nouns and pronouns as indirect objects Time -- oras; panahon When, if, as to Verb roots Action and describing words used as nouns I- verbs An (-han) verbs Modifier to action words Conjunctions -- interjections Magpa- and pa-in verbs Dissent, assents, and doubt Verbal nouns Naka- participles Noun affixes Adjectival affixes Plural action-words Contractions Color Food Terms for cooking Idiomatic expressions Letters in basic Tagalog Review questions The / na -ligature in tagalog Common verb forms in tagalog (interpretation) Sentence patterns Reading materials in basic In prose In poetry Christmas songs Everyday expressions Conversations