The StreetWise Guide to Tagalog Level 3

By StreetWise

This is the third and final level of the StreetWise guides to Tagalog, the main languauge across the Philippines. Having completed the beginner's guide and level 2 you will be a quite competent speaker by now and this will put the icing on the cake to enable you to more fully engage with native Tagalog Speakers.

Written by a team of native speakers who also specialise in adult learning, as demonstrated in all of the StreetWise products, we provide, in ths final level, a straight forward no nonsense understandable set of lessons.

We trust that you will find the course a great aid but most of all we hope that you will enjoy the final part of your journey through the StreetWise Tagalog guides

• Language: English
• Publisher: StreetWise
• Release date: Dec 5, 2013
• ISBN: 9781311577672

StreetWise

StreetWise Global is an independant company specialising in producing up to date information about visiting and living full time in locations around the world.We pride ourselves on being good global citizens and ensure we always offer the latest and the most accurate information drawn from our the expat community worldwide.All of the information we share here is of value to someone, somewhere. We only pay for the most up to date data available and yet our eBooks and informational products are arguably the most reasonably priced available anywhere in the world. Some of them are FREE!We hope that you enjoy our products and get value from themPerry Gamsby & Frank Green

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StreetWise Global

Guide toTagalog

Level 3

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First Published in 2013 by StreetWise Global Publications

Sydney, Australia. County Donegal, Ireland

Edited by Frank Green B.Sc.

SMASHWORDS EDITION

ISBN:9781311577672

© 2013 Streetwise Global Publications

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Disclaimer: The information provided in this document is for information purposes only to provide the reader with background and an understanding of The Tagalog language at a an already fairly competent level and is not to be considered either legal advice or legally binding on any party. The author, publisher and agents take no responsibility for any events or consequences arising from the reading of this work. While all effort is taken to ensure accuracy, things change over time so please take responsibility for letting us know of anything you feel is out of date.

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Foreword

This Guide to Tagalog Level 3 is the final level in the StreetWise guides to Tagalog. In producing theses courses, we commissioned a native Filipino team of adult learning professionals to create it. So every word, phrase and grammatical nuance is 100 percent accurate and as only a native would speak. However as we commented in Level 1 – the Beginners Guide and reiterated in Level 2, English is the second language for our team and whilst a magnitude better than our Tagalog here at StreetWise Global®, we have ‘smoothed’ over some of the text to ensure it makes perfect sense to ensure that your experience is still worth every peso you invested in course.

But, there are also lessons to be learnt from how our tutor phrases their English because these patterns will guide you to how a Filipino would manage English when you meet them in the Philippines. So, whilst we have edited the English text, we have done so only to the extent necessary for a proper understanding leaving as much of the original phraseology intact as possible.

At Streetwise Global, we know from our own experience that learning any new skill and especially a language is not necessarily an easy task, but what we have done our best to achieve, is to give you the best shot at success and enjoy the experience at the same time.

Our advice is – Don’t worry. This isn’t an examination, the exercises in the course are there to enhance what you absorb from each lesson and you can take your time and revisit each section as often as you wish. Just work away at your own pace and eventually you will pick it up ‘little by little’ until you feel confident to start conversations with native speakers.

Of course many Filipinos speak reasonable enough English for you to manage. But there is nothing like being able to get the gist of a conversation, which we know at least once has been enough to alert us to danger and avoid it. (read all about that and more in Streetwise Cebu!)

And of course being able to converse with business contacts, acquaintances or even loved ones in their own tongue is a massive bonus. No matter if you make mistakes, the kudos you will achieve for making the effort will be worth it.

Once mastered, Tagalog Level 3 should really have you competent enough to talk naturally