The Tagalog Language a Comprehensive Grammatical Treatise Adapted to Selfinstruction and Particularly Designed for Use of Those Engaged in Or Trade in the Philippines Classic Reprint - Paperback

Excerpt from The Tagalog Language: A Comprehensive Grammatical Treatise Adapted to Self-Instruction and Particularly Designed for Use of Those Engaged in Government, Service or in Business or Trade in the Philippines The great practical advantages enjoyed by one who speaks a native language or dialect over him who knows not a word uttered by those with whom he comes in daily contact arc too obvious to require mention. The belief that Americana who look forward to a permanent or long residence in these Islands will be quick to perceive the benefits to be derived from a knowledge of the most widely spoken native language in the Philippines was the inspiring cause of the authors undertaking this work. It is offered as a practical aid to the acquisition of a thorough knowledge of the Tagalog language. The method of instruction followed throughout this work is in accordance with the system which seems to be easiest for learners, whatever their age, to grasp a new language, namely, that of explaining its grammatical construct ion, as far as possible, in the same phraseology and on the same lines as they have been accustomed to in learning their own and other languages. It was at first intended to avoid any unnecessary philological investigations or scientific theories of the language as being beyond the scope of a practical Grammar, but when such language as the Tagalog, so dissimilar in construction to those of the western world, is to be considered, some scientifical remarks showing its peculiar character can hardly be dispensed with. This has been done, to some extent, in the "Introduction" and occasionally in the text, mainly in the explanatory notes generally preceding every lesson and part of speech. As it will be difficult at the outset, that the student should divest himself of the notion that Tagalog can be learnt or taught on identically the same lines as modern languages, it may. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and cl