Pilipino-English/English-Pilipino Dictionary & Phrasebook

By Jesusa V. Salvador, Raymond P. Barrager, Jesusa Salvador, et al.

Book Overview

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 few words and phrases will greatly enhance the experience of traveling to the beautiful Philippine islands.

A two-way dictionary and a phrasebook, with topics ranging from accommodations to colloquial expressions, are complemented by a basic grammar instruction as well as cultural information. Combining the benefits of both a dictionary and a phrasebook, this pocket-size volume provides the traveler or student with the tools for simple conversation.

Over 2,500 dictionary entries
Pronunciation guide
Basic grammar
Essential phrases
Ideal for the traveler and student

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0781804515
• ISBN13: 9780781804516
• Release Date: July 1996
• Publisher: Hippocrene Books
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.3" x 7.2"

Customer Reviews

Very good quick reference, but don't expect depth

This little book has enough phrases to enable an absolute beginner to get around. There is a truly basics-only grammar section and many categories of phrases that are really quite useful, and it is very compact, so it is easy to carry around, and thus likely to actually be used.However, its conciseness is also its greatest limitation. The "dictionaries" (glossaries) are much too small to be of practical use. The "basic grammar" sections, likewise, are so abbreviated that they leave more questions than they answer. Nevertheless, you can get the gist of how the language is constructed.This is definitely NOT a Tagalog textbook; to try to use it as such would be very frustrating. But it is a fine on-the-street, quick reference for the novice traveler, restaurant goer, shopper, or lover, etc.; just enough for the quick, basic phrases needed to get along, but not so much as to overwhelm or weigh you down.

Good for beginning tagalog speakers

Good , easy book for beginning tagalog speakers and readers.it helped me a lot..