Tagalog-English/English-Tagalog Standard Dictionary (Hippocrene Standard Dictionaries) Reprint Edition

Great dictionary. Entertaining at points and easy to follow. I haven't spoken Filipino/Tagalog since I was a little boy and I hope to reacquaint myself with this great language in 2014. I think this book will be extremely useful for that.p.s.Potential buyers should know it helps to have at least some familiarity with Tagalog when using this dictionary. For example, the translation for "opo" is "yes sir", which is right. However, someone brand-new to the language should know that it could also mean, "yes, ma'am". The word "po" and most of the pronouns in Tagalog aren't gender-specific. To me, this is a really minor point considering how useful and easy to use this dictionary is. Hence, five stars.Update August 19, 2019: I now speak a fair amount of Tagalog. This dictionary was and is really useful. However, I think it'd be helpful to supplement this with Google searches because languages of course do change. Also, there may be regional variations. For example, magtaka is defined in this dictionary as to be surprised; however, growing up (I grew up in the US, but my parents spoke Tagalog at home), magtaka meant more like to wonder (about something) (eg, Nagtaka siya kung uulan). We generally used magulat for to be surprised (eg, Nagulat siya kasi umulan).Update October 13, 2019: I recently lost my Tagalog-English/English-Tagalog dictionary to water damage. I'm getting another one as an ebook so I don't have to worry about wear-and-tear or accidents, but unfortunately Carl Rubino's dictionary isn't available on Kindle. Despite some minor flaws, it's a really good dictionary.

I'm learning Pilipino using both the Pimsler and Rosetta Stone systems. This dictionary at least partially fills gaps. F'rinstance, many times I want to check what I have heard on the discs. Seeing what I have heard helps me greatly. I appreciate the notes on grammar and orthography.The choice of type face and use of bold type is clear and attractive.My use of the book is currently as superficial as my knowledge of Pilipino but I am confident that my use of this dictionary will increase along with my knowledge.

This is a pretty good dictionary most of the time. I am trying to learn conversational Tagalog and generally find more than half the words I look up. For complete novices like me, a book teaching the language is also requisite. Language oddities like prefixes, suffixes, and in-the-middle-of-the-word fixes make simple word lookup something of a treasure hunt without knowledge of basic language structure. For conversation, I would also recommend supplementing this dictionary with a book that is heavy on slang and colloquial usage. A plus for the dictionary is the organized list of related words, such as food types, professions, body parts, etc.

I bought this dictionary for my sister who is learning Tagalog. I looked at it before giving it to her, and was impressed with the quality of the dictionary. It's great that it's Tagalog - English, and also English - Tagalog. It is very comprehensive. Having studied other languages, I know that it is invaluable to have a good dictionary that you can reference when you need help. This dictionary would be a great resource to anyone wanting to learn Tagalog.

The beginning of this book, that provides much information about syntax, grammar, etc., is good. The section that translates English words into Tagalog words is good. The appendix is good, as it provides supplementary vocabulary lists for travelers. The section providing Tagalog words and their English meanings is awful. I looked at Filipino news sites and simply could not find many of the Tagalog words from news stories in this dictionary. I also asked a few Filipinos about some of the Tagalog words in the dictionary and they disagreed with some of the definitions provided (and I did this in writing). I was expecting to find meanings to Tagalog words that are used in news websites and in casual conversation and I have been sometimes very disappointed.

My native speaking friends inform me that there is no official dictionary yet since the Tagalog language itself is relatively new and still very much evolving, but this gives an excellent rendering of most words and is extensive. For those just starting, be aware that the Filipino verbs are conjugated by adding to them - hence, you'll only see the base words listed (as in an English dictionary), but if you don't know thhe root word, you'll get frustrated until you learn more vocabulary

We received the tagalog series from Rosetta Stone because our daughter-in-law is Filipino and tagalog is her native language. Since she is learning English before she gets here in the United States we thought it would be a nice suprise if we would learn her language. Since receiving the series from amazon we have been pleasantly surprised on how well the program works. It will take about 7 months for her to get here to the states so will have plenty of time to get the language down. Thanks!

Since my fiancee is a Filipina I wanted to learn some of her native language. But not this much!Who cares that "liyok" means "a movement of water in the stomach when shaken" or "bulingbuling" is the "custom of throwing water on people on the feast of St. John the Baptist"?This foreign dictionary has to be one of the most useless tools I have seen to help in learning a language. If I could have given it 0 stars, I would have.