Communicate and connect with the world. Build a foundation of fundamental vocabulary and essential language structure. Develop the Tagalog language skills to enjoy social interactions such as travel and shopping and learn to share your ideas and opinions in Tagalog.

Inside the box, you'll find:

• Version 3 Personal Edition CD-ROM software for Levels 1, 2 & 3 (Windows/Mac)
• USB Headset with microphone
• User"s guide

• In Filipino, most letters of the alphabet have only one corresponding sound, making learning to read easy.
• Vowel sounds are not combined in Filipino words. When two vowels appear together, each is pronounced as a separate syllable. For example, babae (woman) is pronounced as ba-ba-e.
• Filipino uses affixes, which are letters that attach to root words. Affixes determine the word’s meaning. For example:
  

  will eat	kakain
  is eating	kumakain
  ate	kumain

• Learning prepositions is easy in Filipino since the language has only two prepositions, nasa and sa.
• Contractions are commonly used in Filipino. For example:

  pula na libro (red book) becomes pulang libro

  bata na lalaki (young male) becomes batang lalaki

• Filipino speakers employ polite speech when conversing with strangers or elders. Use of the word po or plural pronouns in speech are common ways to show respect.
• When asking a question that can be answered with ‘yes’ or ‘no,’ speakers use the question marker ba. Rosetta Stone will teach you how to use this important word in asking questions.
• In addition to learning the Filipino words for numbers, you will learn the Spanish words for the numbers one through twelve, which are used in telling time.

This set will help you:

• Build your vocabulary and language abilities
• Spell and write accurately
• Speak without a script
• Retain what you’ve learned
• Read and understand your new language
• Share ideas and opinions, express feelings and talk about everyday life

Sample topics include:

• The basics, such as age and family relations
• Questions, greetings, introductions
• Times of day, calendar terms, the weather
• Directions, locations, telling time
• Present, past and future tense
• Apologies and polite requests
• How to order at a restaurant and give and receive directions
• Emotions, opinions and ideas
• Political, media, business and religious terms
  

Requirements for Rosetta Stone User Workstations

• Windows 2000 or later
• Mac OS 10.4 or later
• 512 MB RAM
• 1 GHz or faster processor speed
• 600 MB free hard-drive space (per level)
• 16-bit sound card
• 800 x 600 display resolution (1024 x 768 recommended)
• Internet or phone connection required for product activation
• Speech recognition feature requires a USB headset microphone (included with purchase)
• 5 CD-ROM Drive (for installation)

Note for Microsoft® Windows Vista™ users:

Current Rosetta Stone products have been engineered to install and run on the Windows Vista operating system. Some 3rd party components used in Rosetta Stone products have not been certified by Microsoft as "Vista Compliant". Accordingly, you may encounter some Vista-related operating issues. Rosetta Stone technical support may or may not be able to resolve these Vista-related issues. Rosetta Stone hereby disclaims any representations, warranties, guaranties and conditions with respect to the compatibility of the Rosetta Stone products with the Windows Vista operating systems.