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Pocket Tagalog Dictionary: Tagalog-English English-Tagalog (Periplus Pocket Dictionaries)

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I bought this dictionary as a gift, choosing this one because of it's "pocket" size feature and being quite cheap.

After receiving it, I was very surprised at how simplistic this book is, and is quite big for being "pocket size". I have a different brand of pocket dictionary of another foreign language that is quite small and use very religiously. This Tagalog one pales in comparison to what I used and what I was expecting.

There are no pronuciation explanations, as I guess they assume you know how to pronounce the words already. But then again, reading Tagalog is pretty straightfoward, as opposed to trying to read, say, Chinese or Russian, where the characters are totally different. But you wouldn't even know where to accent the syllables either...

A total for 88 pages with 44 pages devoted to each Tagalog - English, and English - Tagalog. I guess you get what you pay for. And I'm not paying this much for this book. I'm returning this one!

I used this book as a supplement to a Tagalog class. I am a Filipina, born & raised in the US and can understand the language & I needed a refresher course on certain words. It does have the most common words, the book itself is thin, about the size of a paperbook so it's not exactly "pocket-sized." But it can fit into a small purse.

I found this pocket dictionary very helpful in trying to learn the Tagalog language, I am very satasfied with this purchase of this product

Tagalog is very hard to me. This is for the quick vacation guide which will serve you well in that way. The thing is almost all Filipinos speak English and some speaks other languages as well.

My Dad arrived here in US couple of months.He told me he forgot his book at the Philippines. so he told me to buy one for him. I checked out Books a Million but I did not find it.. Ive been buying books here at Amazon.com so I tried luckily I found it. so far my dad like it..

If you are looking for a good basic one, easy to carry around, look no further. This is a nice handy dictionary.

If you are wanting an exhaustive dictionary, obviously don't get a pocket one. This fits the caliber like it should.

This is a great English-Tagalog dictionary - actually one of the only ones that I found while searching. It's thin enough to carry in your pocket or to place in a bag. Shipping was breif.