and
Other Philippine Languages
If you have any questions, or need help, feel free to email me at:
waraylessons@gmail.com
(right click will allow you to "Save link as")
A FREE and VERY impressive learning program!
Memorylifter is a FREE and easy to use program that is an excellent way to learn a language.
We will be developing the complete Waray course for use with the Memorylifter program in the near future.
You will be able to hear every word spoken, and if a picture is applicable, it will be shown to help reinforce your learning.
I am very excited about Memorylifter, so click on the above link to check it out.
On their website, you can also buy many learning modules - so be sure to check that out also.
To try out Waray Lesson 1 with MemoryLifter click on below link:
Waray Lesson 1.mlm
Be sure to save it in your MemoryLifter lessons folder, that you designated when you installed MemoryLifter.
I would like to have any feedback that you have about the lessons: Email them to: Waraylessons@gmail.com
Here is another excellent & free language learning tool.
jMemorize 1.3.0
Soon you will be able to download vocabulary lists from each Waray lesson
to use with jMemorize.
We also plan to make available the complete Lesson plan with answers,
so that you will know that you are answering the questions correctly.
Please note that jMemorize requires that you have at least Java 1.5 installed on your computer, as this is a Java application.
Here is Lesson 1 vocabulary list (right click and "Save link as")
WE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED YOU VISIT THESE WEBSITES
Visit the Philippine Building Forum to get answers for all your building questions
Download the FREE Tagalog Headstart Course
This is the full US Government produced Headstart Tagalog course. Download the PDF book and all 13 Audio tapes in MP3 formatIf you bought this course you would pay anywhere from $75 to $100
Download all files HERE.
Here is a sample animation
(you must have Flash player installed)
As a service to our readers, I have provided all the below publications in one convenient location for download.
The quality may be a bit low, but all are readable, and very informative for helping you learn the desired language.
Download all these publications HERE.
[PeaceCorps] Cebuano Language Packet.pdf
[PeaceCorps] Ilokano Language Packet.pdf
[PeaceCorps] Ilonggo Language Packet.pdf
[PeaceCorps] Tagalog Correspondence Course.pdf
[PeaceCorps] Tagalog Language Packet.pdf
[PeaceCorps] Tagalog with Humor.pdf
[Tagalog] Tagalog Grammar in a Nutshell.pdf
Cebuano Study Notes.pdf
Ph_linguistic_V2_1.pdf
Ph_linguistic_V2_1.pdf
[Tagalog] English-Tagalog Dictionary 1904.pdf
[Tagalog] Handbook Grammar of Tagalog Language 1905.pdf
OTHER WEBSITES THAT HAVE EXCELLENT LANGUAGE RESOURCES
Download Podcasts of general Tagalog phrases.
This site looks very interesting
Viloria.com Pinoy Podcas
Although no Tagalog, this site has MANY FREE Foreign Service Institute
language courses. These courses were developed by the US Government
and are in the public domain. A great site for serious learning of MANY languages.
Download the audio and text for each language course
There is also a forum to discuss various language topics.
Overall this is an excellent resource for FREE language courses.
FSI Language Courses
An active forum discussing all aspects of the Tagalog language.
PhraseBase Tagalog Community Forum
What appears to be a commercial translating service.
Has many interesting links, also an offer of a free E-zine about Tagalog.
Posted as information only. I have not tried any of their services.
English to Tagalog
For those with access to the NEWSGROUPS, many good language
programs and learning aids are posted frequently on:
alt.binaries.world-languages
So You Want to Learn a Language
A compilation of many Language links.
This website contains over 2,000 links for language e-book courses and
grammars and vocabularies for 383 languages, with more being added regularly
It is definitely worth a visit for ALL the information provided in ONE PLACE.
So You Want to Learn a Language
Philippine Linguists
A compilation of many Philippine Language links.
An excellent starting point in researching various dialects of the Philippines.
Philippine Linguists
Online Maranao Dictionary
This online dictionary has more than 19 thousand entries.
You can search either English or Maranao word, and in few seconds, the result will be displayed.
Online Maranao Dictionary
Want to find language friends from all over the world?
Head on over to italki.com which is a language learning community.
It's main goal is to help people learn languages.
Sign up for FREE, and begin making friends worldwide.
italki.com
The good people at Bansa.Org have a very good program available for download
that will tanslate words from many of the dialects in the Philippines.
I highly recommend this for anyone wishing to have a translator on their computer.
Please visit Bansa.Org here for the 13.4Meg file: Bansa.Org download webpage
Another very good program to have is Tagalog Translator developed by Stefan van Roosmalen.
This program is offered as freeware, and has over 5300 tagalog words in its dictionary.
You can search the dictionary by the English or Tagalog word.
This is a must have program for anyone wanting to learn Tagalog
Please visit Stefan's website for the download: Tagalog Translator download webpage
For those wishing to learn Cebuano, the US Peace Corps has a 319 page PDF document
that will quickly have you speaking/understanding Cebuano.
You can download the document here: US Peace Corp Study Packet
Another very well prepared study guide for those wishing to learn Cebuano,
has been prepared by Tom Marking. It is a 250 page, PDF document, that is of very high quality.
Tom also has many links to various resources for learning Cebuano. Worth a visit.
You can download the free guide at Tom's website: Tom's Cebuano Study Notes
If you know of any websites or resources that you would like to see listed here
please email me: waraylessons@gmail.com
Philippine Builders Forum Forum that addresses building/construction issues in the Philippines
The Waray language From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
XLingo Language Exchange Network A website devoted to connecting people wanting to learn a foreign language
Bansa.org A website devoted to furthering the understanding and appreciation of the people of the Philippines
Word2Word Language Resources Website devoted to assisting those desiring to learn languages.
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