Filipino (Tagalog) Level 1 & 2 Set with Audio Companion™
What do I get?
Build a foundation and navigate your surroundings. Learn fundamental Tagalog vocabulary and essential language structure from greetings and introductions to simple questions and their answers. Gain the confidence to talk about your environment such as giving and getting directions, telling time, dining out, shopping, and enjoying basic social interactions.
Inside the box, you’ll find:
- Version 3 Personal Edition CD-ROM software for Levels 1 & 2 (Windows/Mac)
- USB Headset with microphone
- User’s guide
- Audio Companion, a multiple-CD set to play or download to your MP3 player
Tagalog Learning Tips (Filipino)
- In Filipino, most letters of the alphabet have only one corresponding sound, making learning to read easy.
- Vowel sounds are not combined in Filipino words. When two vowels appear together, each is pronounced as a separate syllable. For example, babae (woman) is pronounced as ba-ba-e.
- Filipino uses affixes, which are letters that attach to root words. Affixes determine the word’s meaning. For example:
will eat kakain is eating kumakain ate kumain - Learning prepositions is easy in Filipino since the language has only two prepositions, nasa and sa.
- Contractions are commonly used in Filipino. For example:
pula na libro (red book) becomes pulang libro bata na lalaki (young male) becomes batang lalaki - Filipino speakers employ polite speech when conversing with strangers or elders. Use of the word po or plural pronouns in speech are common ways to show respect.
- When asking a question that can be answered with ‘yes’ or ‘no,’ speakers use the question marker ba. Rosetta Stone will teach you how to use this important word in asking questions.
- In addition to learning the Filipino words for numbers, you will learn the Spanish words for the numbers one through twelve, which are used in telling time.
What will I learn?
This set will help you:
- Learn the basics
- Build intermediate-level conversational skills
- Spell and write accurately
- Speak without a script
- Retain what you’ve learned
- Read and understand your new language
Sample topics include:
- Age, family relations, household items
- Questions, greetings, introductions
- Times of day, calendar terms, the weather
- Directions, locations, telling time
- Present, past and future tense
- Apologies and polite requests
- How to order at a restaurant and give and receive directions
- Emotions, opinions, and ideas
System Requirements
Requirements for Rosetta Stone User Workstations
- Windows 2000 or later
- Mac OS 10.4 or later
- 512 MB RAM
- 1 GHz or faster processor speed
- 600 MB free hard-drive space (per level)
- 16-bit sound card
- 800 x 600 display resolution (1024 x 768 recommended)
- Internet or phone connection required for product activation
- Speech recognition feature requires a USB headset microphone (included with purchase)
- 16X CD-ROM Drive (for installation)
Note for Microsoft® Windows Vista™ users:
Current Rosetta Stone products have been engineered to install and run on the Windows Vista operating system. Some 3rd party components used in Rosetta Stone products have not been certified by Microsoft as ‘Vista Compliant’. Accordingly, you may encounter some Vista-related operating issues. Rosetta Stone technical support may or may not be able to resolve these Vista-related issues. Rosetta Stone hereby disclaims any representations, warranties, guaranties and conditions with respect to the compatibility of the Rosetta Stone products with the Windows Vista operating systems.
User Reviews
5 out of 5
Amazing technique
"At first I was skeptical at how well this product would perform, however, when given the time the concept of immersion proves itself again. Tagalog is a completely different language yet the techniques used to ..."
- Bhyphen13
(Toronto, On), 2009-03-11 | more
5 out of 5
Already talking to my wife in Tagolog
"I purchased Roseetta stone because I wanted to be able to talk to my wife and her familly. Someday when we have kids I would like them to be able to speak both English and ..."
- Tank
(Guam), 2009-03-17 | more
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