Making Out in Filipino

by Renato Perdon

Learn to speak the colloquial language the Filipinos really use with Making Out in Filipino. This phrase book is an excellent guide to the modern Filipino spoken in everyday interactions -- giving access to lots of colorful, colloquial expressions not covered in other phrase books. Making Out in Filipino features a pronunciation guide and notes on Filipino language and culture. The phrases are organized according to typical encounters, making acquaintances, discussing likes and dislikes, sharing a meal, going out on the town and developing a romantic relationship. In addition to the romaji forms of phrases, each expression is now also given in Filipino script so that you can show the book to the person you are speaking to Making Out in Filipino will bring to a new level of fluency and communication in Filipino!

128 pages, Paperback

First published March 15, 2004

About the author

The author hails from the Philippines. Before migrating to Australia, he worked with the National Historical Institute of the Philippines for more than 20 years as historical translator and researcher and taught history at the Lyceum of the Philippines. He retired in 2007 as an archivist with the City of Sydney Archives, Sydney, Australia. He holds an MA in Asian Studies and a Graduate Diploma in Archives Administration (University of New South Wales), a Postgraduate Diploma in Museum Studies (Sydney University), and a Postgraduate Diploma in Spanish Major (Colegio de San Juan de Letran). He completed his undergraduate studies (BA in Political Science and BS in Foreign Service) in the Philippines. He has published articles and books on history, cultural conservation and heraldry, both in the Philippines and Australia.

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