used as nouns 101 Verbs used as nouns and their objects 102 Verbs 105 The basic form 105 Roles of the POD 105 Verb affixes 108 Aspects 206 Overview 206 Completed 208 Uncompleted 210 Unstarted Essential Tagalog Grammarħ Summary 214 Recently completed 215 Intensive recently completed 217 Irregular verbs 218 Commands, requests and wishes 220 Commands 220 Requests 221 Let s eat, go etc. 72 Mismo 74 Nouns 77 Gender 77 Plurals 78 Noun affixes 80 Compound nouns 99 Verbs, adjectives etc.

Second Edition ISBN (small paperback) ISBN (grammar + 3 course books) Also available in other formats: ISBN (large hardcover) ISBN (large paperback) ISBN (ebook) D/2011/Fiona De Vos, uitgever NUR 630 Cover painting by Sabrina dei Nobili.ĥ Contents Introduction 13 Pronunciation 17 Vowels and consonants 17 Long vowels (stress) and glottal stops 21 Replaceable sounds 25 Forming and connecting words 29 Roots and affixes 29 Sound changes when combining roots and affixes 31 Syllable repetition 33 Na/-ng 34 Basic word order 35 The POD and the News 35 The POD 35 The News 36 The Tagalog POD and the English subject 38 Markers 43 Ang markers 43 Uses of Ang markers 45 Ng markers 45 Common uses of Ng markers 46 Sa markers 49 Common uses of Sa markers 49 Summary 51 5Ħ Pronouns 53 Ang pronouns 53 Personal pronouns 53 Demonstrative pronouns 55 Uses of Ang pronouns 57 Ng pronouns 58 Personal pronouns 58 Demonstrative pronouns 59 Common uses of Ng pronouns 61 Sa pronouns 63 Personal pronouns 63 Demonstrative pronouns 64 Common uses of Sa pronouns 66 Summary: markers and pronouns 68 Kita 71 Kami ni John etc. 1 Essential Tagalog Grammar Second Edition A Reference for Learners of Tagalog Fiona De VosĢ Copyright 2011 Fiona De Vos All rights reserved.

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