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Lonely Planet Phrasebooks
Filipino Phrasebook
When you need to get to the Manila whatchamacallit to catch a thingamajig to Cebu and book a whatsitsname for a few nights while you're at it, open up and let some local words take you on your way.
Our phrasebooks give you a comprehensive mix of practical and social words and phrases in more than 120 languages. Chat with the locals and discover their culture - a guaranteed way to enrich your travel experience.
Our phrasebooks give you a comprehensive mix of practical and social words and phrases in more than 120 languages. Chat with the locals and discover their culture - a guaranteed way to enrich your travel experience.
255 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2005
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A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world’s leading travel guide publisher with content to almost every destination on the planet.
A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world’s leading travel guide publisher with content to almost every destination on the planet.
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June 18, 2012
Doesn't come off as a good direct translator or grammar book; but as a pocket guide and phrasebook to basic vocabulary, it's very practical.
It comes off weak in providing a handful of translated words. For example, some specific words like the verb "surf" and the gerund "diving" (the activity) are culturally adapted into the language as they are (said and spelled). However, the phrasebook provides a colloquial bastardization of the words, instead - "sarp" and "daybing" - which are regularly incorrect, like a poorly updated Google Translate.
Perhaps my most favorite aspect in this phrasebook is its organized layout, and how it sections various phrases by usage. For those uncommon with the Filipino tongue, the phrasebook also provides a comprehensive guide to pronunciation.
It's not a bad companion, especially for people with a limited vocabulary in Filipino or Tagalog. It's easy and comprehensive look-and-feel makes it definitely worth more than priced if you're a tourist in the Philippines wanting to try out the local tongue.
It comes off weak in providing a handful of translated words. For example, some specific words like the verb "surf" and the gerund "diving" (the activity) are culturally adapted into the language as they are (said and spelled). However, the phrasebook provides a colloquial bastardization of the words, instead - "sarp" and "daybing" - which are regularly incorrect, like a poorly updated Google Translate.
Perhaps my most favorite aspect in this phrasebook is its organized layout, and how it sections various phrases by usage. For those uncommon with the Filipino tongue, the phrasebook also provides a comprehensive guide to pronunciation.
It's not a bad companion, especially for people with a limited vocabulary in Filipino or Tagalog. It's easy and comprehensive look-and-feel makes it definitely worth more than priced if you're a tourist in the Philippines wanting to try out the local tongue.
September 23, 2007
The first Tagalog phrasebook I ever bought, and one that I still use.
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