Survival Tagalog. Joi Barrios

      

      Survival

       TAGALOG

      How to communicate without

       fuss or fear INSTANTLY!

      SECOND EDITION

      by JOI BARRIOS

      TUTTLE Publishing

       Tokyo | Rutland, Vermont | Singapore

      CONTENTS

       Tagalog, Pilipino, or Filipino?

       The Tagalog People, the Language and Philippine History

       Vocabulary

       Language Policy

       Orthography

       Introduction

       A, B, C ... the Tagalog and Filipino Alphabets

       See It, Say It: Pronunciation Guidelines & Tips

       Get Sentenced! Grammar

      PART 1

       Common Expressions and Key Words

       Hi! Goodbye! Greetings

       Chatting

       I’m Melissa. You’re Sam. Who’s He? Personal Things

       The Ties that Bind … Family

       A Little Respect, Please: Personal Titles

       Academic Titles

       Business and Professional Titles

       Who, What, Why... Asking for Anything

      PART 2

       Numbers and Counting

       1, 2, 3: The Cardinal Numbers in Tagalog/Filipino

       Counting People, Objects and Buildings

       Counting Paper & Liquid

       1st, 2nd, 3rd: The Ordinal Numbers

       Telling Time

       Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

       Days of the Week

       This Week, Next Week

       The Months

       The Year

      PART 3

       Let’s see/eat/do everything!

       Travel Vocabulary and Useful Expressions

       Airport/Airlines

       Money

       Taxis/FX or GT Express Service

       Directions

       Metro Manila Trains

       Buses and Jeepneys

       Tricycles

       Rental Cars

       Philippine National Railways Routes

       Hotels and Resorts

       Toilets/Restrooms

       Seasons and Weather

       Tropical Storms

       Eating

       Drinks

       Bills/Receipts

       Telephone/Cell Phone

       Buying a Cellphone

       Internet/Computer

       Using Wi-Fi Connections

       Shopping

       Shopping for Clothes

       Business

       Post Office/Courier Companies

       Health/Emergencies

       Barbershop

       Beauty Salon

       Measurements

       Visiting Someone at Home

       Holidays

       Sightseeing

       Popular Destinations in Metro Manila

       Popular Destinations Outside of Metro Manila

      PART 4

       Geography Guide & Reading Signs

       The Administrative Regions

       Major Cities

       Other Key Words

       Reading Common Signs

      PART 5

       Additional Vocabulary

      TAGALOG, PILIPINO, OR FILIPINO?

      Is the Tagalog language different from the Filipino language? What is Pilipino? What language is being taught in this book?

      The Tagalog People, the Language and Philippine History

      The word Tagalog refers to an ethnolinguistic group—the Tagalog, as well as their language. It is derived from the word taga-ilog, meaning “from the river.” The Tagalog is one of the largest ethnolinguistic groups in the Philippines, and they were the indigenous inhabitants of several provinces in Luzon, among them, Rizal, Bulacan, Laguna, Nueva Ecija, Quezon, and what is now known as the capital center, Metro Manila.

To understand the answer to “what language are we learning here, anyway?” a short history lesson will help. The Philippines was occupied by three main colonial powers: Spain (1565–1898); the United States (1899–1942); and the Japanese (1942–1945).* Several expeditions by the Spaniards in the 16th century led to their colonization of the islands which they named Las Islas Filipinas, after Spain’s King Felipe II. In spite of initial resistance and sporadic peasant revolts, Spain ruled the country for three hundred years, defeated only through the Philippine revolution of 1896. Independence was declared on June 12, 1898, but was short-lived.

      On December 10 of that same year, the Treaty of Paris was signed by two nations at war—Spain and the United States, and the Philippine delegate was excluded from the sessions and negotiations. Among the provisions of the treaty was the surrender of the Philippines to the United States for the sum of twenty million dollars. The occupation of the islands by the new colonial power was met with strong resistance, resulting in the Philippine-American War (also known as the Philippine War of Independence) from 1899 to 1902. It was only in 1935 that a Commonwealth government was established following several independence missions to the United States. And only in 1946, after Japanese occupation during World War II, did the Philippines become an independent nation.

      How did the colonial experience affect the language? In three ways—vocabulary, language policy,