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Concise English Tagalog Dictionary (Tuttle Language Library)

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Mr. Panganiban is (was?) a respected Philippine linguist. So I am a bit disappointed that this dictionary is only one-way. But the content is useful. However some words have multiple meanings and it doesn't say how they should be used.

However, I did like the section with the affix charts and their meanings.. That was very useful.

I also feel that the dictionary should have been updated more.

This dictionary is specifically intended for beginning students, it contains a limited vocabulary(I guess about 7000-8000) English entries, each entry is given from 1 to 4-5 Tagalog equivalents, different meanings of English entry words are shown by synonyms, eg. english_entry - (english_synonym1) tagalog_meaning1, (english_synonym2) tagalog_meaning2, (english_synonym3) tagalog_meaning3 etc. Accent place and glottal stops - an important feature of Tagalog - is clearly shown. The list of affixes appears to be very useful.

In short introduction the author relates the troubled circumstances of the WWII in whgich this short dictionary was born.

Of course the dictionary is dated, however since it deals only with the very basics of the language which change but very little with the time, it can be quite useful for the contemporary student.

I must say that the price was right for this one. I only wish that I had paid attention to the fact that it was English/Tagalog and not English/Tagalog-Tagalog/English. Meaning it only translated English to Tagalog and not both ways as I thought most books like this should. I had to buy another book but this book was so cheap to purchase and some of the words in it are not in my other books. I do appreciate it. Thanks for great service on all ends of this purchase. I was pleased for the most part. Thanks!

I still don't know what the Tagalog word is for "wheelchair" - anybody?