Talk:Tagalog/Lesson 0

First, though I'm not logged in, don't be biased against my edits. I ask this: Please, check my IPA, especially for one familiar with pronunciation of Tagalog itself. I've done most of my edits based off of the Wiki article on Tagalog and from the pronunciation of Tagalog that I have become familiar to myself. Also, examine the layout of my addition, please - what I have I only suspect will be a guideline and that it can still be improved. 68.110.119.132 04:54, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Wet under the ears...
I am new in Wikibooks.

I got drawn here because of the topic on the "new" Filipino alphabet; wondering, how we now pronounce "c","f", "j", "ñ", "q", "v", "x", "z".

It is very interesting/thought-provoking that the current pronunctiation is taken directly from the English language. Is this the pronuctiation sanctioned by the KWF (Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino)?

I've been looking for boks from KWF that I can buy online or here in the States. Got any suggestions?

I am native Tagalog speaker and was educated with the "abakada". I just find it a little unsettling.

But, I know, I'll get used to it. --Towers1209 09:08, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

penultimate or ultimate?

 * It is usually omitted on words that are stressed on the penultimate syllable; talagá.

Do you mean stressed on the ultimate syllable? That is where the accent mark is in this word.


 * It indicates that there is a glottal stop at the end of the word and that penultimate syllable receives stress; akalà.

So the stress is aKAlà?

-- a learner