Good source to learn tagalog

[jrmejia 31]

Hi all,

I am preparing to bring my fiancee to usa. She speaks English well but for some reason I want to learn tagalog. Any one has recommendation for a nice dvd or audio cd?

TIA.

[070809 0]

Kudos to you for wanting to learn our language!

[sweet angel 5]

Try Rosetta Stone But its kinda expensive

[Fudpukker 18]

Have your fiancee buy Rosetta stone from the Muslim vendors at the mall, it'll about $1 at the most.

Have your fiancee buy Rosetta stone from the Muslim vendors at the mall, it'll about $1 at the most.

[ivantulier 1]

Have your fiancee buy Rosetta stone from the Muslim vendors at the mall, it'll about $1 at the most.

Have your fiancee buy Rosetta stone from the Muslim vendors at the mall, it'll about $1 at the most.

Which Mall?

[Ano 0]

Speaking as someone whom has attempted to learn Tagalog for a few years now, Rosette Stone is OK, for vocabulary building, but by far the best way to learn Tagalog is to get a small phrase book, learn the basic phrases and build a small vocabulary of verbs, nouns, pronouns, etc... and to listen to Tagalog when your significant other speaks it in whatever context is happening and decipher it.

Learn the basic grammar rules and do not get caught up in the complexity of verb conjugations. There is a great deal of free content on the web, youtube, and iTunes podcast available to you for free, especially from the Peace Corps Philippines, "Language-Culture Through Cartoons" is insightful, along with their more scholarly publications.

Study, through printed material, learn to read basic Tagalog, do a lot of listening, and have basic interaction with other Tagalog speakers. Unless linguistically, your skills are far greater than mine, you will make mistakes in grammar, pronunciation, and word selection continually, and hopefully your significant other has the inclination to guide you on this undertaking. Last thought, she will have to teach you the slang, utot!

PM or email me and I can give you specifics on what I have bought that was a waste of time and money, and what was worth investing in, and possibly mail you some public domain materials I have, if they are not too large for email. Ingat.

[sweet angel 5]

Have your fiancee buy Rosetta stone from the Muslim vendors at the mall, it'll about $1 at the most.

Have your fiancee buy Rosetta stone from the Muslim vendors at the mall, it'll about $1 at the most.

Really???? Oh wow!!! I should know that before i came here. Hubby needs that too.

[scotty's girl 1]

My fiance's using Rosetta Stone. It's a good one

He started learning a couple months before I came here. But he said it's better now that I'm here because he could ask questions. The funny thing is, he's having a hard time prnouncing words with NG, i.e. langoy, and MGA,

Edited July 16, 2010 by scotty's girl

[Fudpukker 18]

You can try at Harissons plaza in Manila. Every single software for my computer that i have been looking is over there.

[Ano 0]

My fiance's using Rosetta Stone. It's a good one

He started learning a couple months before I came here. But he said it's better now that I'm here because he could ask questions. The funny thing is, he's having a hard time prnouncing words with NG, i.e. langoy, and MGA,

Difficult sound for a Kano, ('ng" or ŋ is a velar nasal constant, and) the closest sound we have for the Filipino NG is singer, but not finger, it has a different "gher" sound. Pronounce singer, then drop the "er", then drop the f, then finally the i. This is as close to a natural American English sound he will know that will transfer in to Tagalog. I think I heard this from a TTC video, Understanding Linguistics. Try it, and tell me if you think it approximates the correct sound, or if anyone knows a better way to learn “ng”, please inform us, I am not PhD linguist, only a student of Tagalog.

After learning this, Mga, is only muh-"NG"Ah.

[scotty's girl 1]

Difficult sound for a Kano, ('ng" or ŋ is a velar nasal constant, and) the closest sound we have for the Filipino NG is singer, but not finger, it has a different "gher" sound. Pronounce singer, then drop the "er", then drop the f, then finally the i. This is as close to a natural American English sound he will know that will transfer in to Tagalog. I think I heard this from a TTC video, Understanding Linguistics. Try it, and tell me if you think it approximates the correct sound, or if anyone knows a better way to learn “ng”, please inform us, I am not PhD linguist, only a student of Tagalog.

After learning this, Mga, is only muh-"NG"Ah.

Thanks! We'll definitely try that and I'll let you know how it goes. He asked his daughter to read "MGA" but she pronounced it the way her dad did the first time

[evli1966 88]

You can try at Harissons plaza in Manila. Every single software for my computer that i have been looking is over there.

Jason n Rose

Thanks for this info I am asking Jo tonight. Silly me been there many times and never thought about it.

[jrmejia 31]

I saw this on amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1932956417/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

[Psoas10 17]

Rosetta stone is good, but expensive. I have not used the new Rosetta Stone, which can analyze your speech and force you to match a native speaker speech. I find watching TFC and watching movies with subtitles. Problem for me, here is Ilocano is the language spoken here, next to English. I know alot more Tagalog, but you hear only Ilocano here. I guess when 40 to 50 percent of the people where are Ilocano, that is what you would here.

[Fudpukker 18]

Jason n Rose

Thanks for this info I am asking Jo tonight. Silly me been there many times and never thought about it.

Yeah there are a bunch of pirated stuff over there at the kiosks in the center. Thousands of dollars worth of stuff for just a few bucks.