Modern Tagalog : Grammatical Explanations and Exercises for Non-native Speakers / Restituto M. Cena, Teresita V. Ramos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramos, Teresita V., Author.

Cena, Restituto M., Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Modern Tagalog expands on the descriptions and lessons in Tagalog Structures and is illustrated with numerous new examples. This volume will be valuable for all students of Tagalog as a foreign language who have advanced beyond the beginning level. It provides further practice on points ranging from phonology to syntax. Although the emphasis of the exercises is on written work, many of them may be used for oral drill as well.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 Tagalog Sounds

Chapter 2 Simple Sentences

Chapter 3 The Verb: Aspect and Focus

Chapter 4 Simple Expansions of the Basic Sentence

Chapter 5 Some Changes in the Basic Sentence

Chapter 6 Complex Sentences: Conjoining

Chapter 7 More on Conjoining

Chapter 8 Complex Sentences: Embedding

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Feb 2023)

ISBN:

0-8248-4556-0