Tagalog Language Classes
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Mapa ng Pilipinas
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Learn Tagalog at Santa Monica Language Academy. Speak Tagalog the very first day!
Tagalog (Pilipino) is an Austronesian language. It is the national language of the Philippines. Three fourths of the country speaks it despite the fact that only 20% has it as mother tongue. Three hundred years of Spanish rule influenced Tagalog’s vocabulary. Words like mesa, papel, tenedor are only few of the hundreds of Spanish words in Tagalog. We offer Tagalog lessons for all levels: beginner, intermediate, advanced and conversation. Learn Tagalog in a comfortable, casual environment and make it a fun, enriching experience! Check our Weekly Schedule for times and days of our Tagalog lessons. We also offer online Tagalog classes for groups and individuals. |
The Tagalog weekly and intensive classes are structured into three levels: beginner, intermediate, advanced. Each level is divided into four sub-levels: A, B, C, and D.
For the Beginning levels we use Teach Yourself Tagalog by Teach Yourself.
Beginner A (lessons 1-5)
Topics: at the airport, at the hotel, the family, at the post office, money
Grammar: personal pronouns, forming simple sentences, formal and informal, the verb "to be", the verb 'to have", question words, the definite and indefinite articles, negation words, asking for directions, adjectives, numbers, telling the time, haggling, etc.
Beginner B (lessons 6-10)
Topics: where do you live?, my family, at the restaurant, at the pharmacy, asking for help
Grammar: question words, masyado (so, very, quite, too), ko, mo, niya, namin, natin, ninyo, nila, possessive pronouns, using ay, making words plural, demonstrative adjectives, para sa (for), para kanini (for whom), para saan (for what), parts of the body, possessive pronouns, colors, the preposition sa, etc.
Beginner C (lessons 11-15)
Topics: making an appointment, shopping, at the bus station, at the beach, at church
Grammar: pseudo-verbs, describing things you want done, active and passive voice, transitive and intransitive verbs, the um verb, verbalization of adjectives, verbalization of acts of nature, days, months and years, mag verbs, ma verbs, makapag + mag verbs, maka + um verb stem, mang verbs, particles, makapang (to be able to), in passive verbs, changing the tense of in verbs, etc.
Beginner D (lessons 16-20)
Topics: asking for a favor, a wedding, at a town fiesta, life in the barrio, goodbye
Grammar: passive 'i' verbs, may + verb, walang + verb, requests, commands and suggestions, passive an verbs, expressing the circumstantial in passive verbs, sarili ko/aking sarili, reflexive , intensive, pag + verb root, nominalized verbs - the gerund, ka + verb root + an, ang + verb, maki, makipag, makipang, participational verb forms in active verbs, like this, like that, like that (over there), magpa + active verb (to cause, to let, to have, to permit, to ask, to make), ma/um verb roots, mag verb roots, mang verb roots, in and i verbs, an verbs, comparatives, making nouns with pang, etc.
For the Beginning levels we use Teach Yourself Tagalog by Teach Yourself.
Beginner A (lessons 1-5)
Topics: at the airport, at the hotel, the family, at the post office, money
Grammar: personal pronouns, forming simple sentences, formal and informal, the verb "to be", the verb 'to have", question words, the definite and indefinite articles, negation words, asking for directions, adjectives, numbers, telling the time, haggling, etc.
Beginner B (lessons 6-10)
Topics: where do you live?, my family, at the restaurant, at the pharmacy, asking for help
Grammar: question words, masyado (so, very, quite, too), ko, mo, niya, namin, natin, ninyo, nila, possessive pronouns, using ay, making words plural, demonstrative adjectives, para sa (for), para kanini (for whom), para saan (for what), parts of the body, possessive pronouns, colors, the preposition sa, etc.
Beginner C (lessons 11-15)
Topics: making an appointment, shopping, at the bus station, at the beach, at church
Grammar: pseudo-verbs, describing things you want done, active and passive voice, transitive and intransitive verbs, the um verb, verbalization of adjectives, verbalization of acts of nature, days, months and years, mag verbs, ma verbs, makapag + mag verbs, maka + um verb stem, mang verbs, particles, makapang (to be able to), in passive verbs, changing the tense of in verbs, etc.
Beginner D (lessons 16-20)
Topics: asking for a favor, a wedding, at a town fiesta, life in the barrio, goodbye
Grammar: passive 'i' verbs, may + verb, walang + verb, requests, commands and suggestions, passive an verbs, expressing the circumstantial in passive verbs, sarili ko/aking sarili, reflexive , intensive, pag + verb root, nominalized verbs - the gerund, ka + verb root + an, ang + verb, maki, makipag, makipang, participational verb forms in active verbs, like this, like that, like that (over there), magpa + active verb (to cause, to let, to have, to permit, to ask, to make), ma/um verb roots, mag verb roots, mang verb roots, in and i verbs, an verbs, comparatives, making nouns with pang, etc.