rfhypnos Posted November 9, 2014 Posted November 9, 2014 I have started to study Tagalog since my fiancé is working in Makati, but is from Bohol. I am wondering if it makes more sense to study that dialect? And is it more or less difficult. I know Amazon has considerable material for either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Mike J Posted November 10, 2014 Forum Support Posted November 10, 2014 I would suggest Cebuano, but a better bet is ask your friend which is more useful? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonytt Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 What I can tell you is that study material for cebuano (bisaya) is harder to come across than tagolog. Also, I've found there are a lot of slang words used in cebuano. I actually just got an app for my IPhone just search cebuano to English. I'm sure android has one too. I also bought a cebuano English dictionary for P1,100 in National Bookstore in Ayala mall. Good luck. Just be thankful you don't need to study ilonggo ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert k Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 I am going to try and pick up a smattering of whatever seems useful but l am not going to try to become fluent in any of the more than 100 languages and dialects here. I barely speak American-ized English, my birth language. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jack Peterson Posted November 10, 2014 Popular Post Posted November 10, 2014 No matter what you learn, they will still not understand you. When and I mean when, they talk their own language properly you may get a conversation. We have gone back to English in our house. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daydreamer Posted November 14, 2014 Posted November 14, 2014 No matter what you learn, they will still not understand you. When and I mean when, they talk their own language properly you may get a conversation. We have gone back to English in our house. :hystery: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daydreamer Posted November 14, 2014 Posted November 14, 2014 arch cebuano to English. I'm sure android has one too. I also bought a cebuano English dictionary for P1,100 in National Bookstore in Ayala mall. Will do that, because when I try teaching my fiance English, its just like watching this... :1 (103): :th_unfair: . She can understand some or most words, its the pace at which I sometimes speak that that bogs her down. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hey Steve Posted November 14, 2014 Posted November 14, 2014 I have started to study Tagalog since my fiancé is working in Makati, but is from Bohol. I am wondering if it makes more sense to study that dialect? And is it more or less difficult. I know Amazon has considerable material for either. Finding any complete courses in Bisaya/Cebuano can be more difficult than finding Tagalog from what I have found. I have, however found a complete course and can get you in contact with the linguist that constructed this course through PM if you want. It's helped me tremendously-just an option if needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Posted November 14, 2014 Posted November 14, 2014 I have started to study Tagalog since my fiancé is working in Makati, but is from Bohol. I am wondering if it makes more sense to study that dialect? And is it more or less difficult. I know Amazon has considerable material for either. If you know where you will settle probably, then I would study that (But TV is in Tagalog if you want to look at Filipin soap operas :) (Cebuano is a dialect of Visaya if you ment something else.) Rather many Visayans don't like Tagalog, because they are grumpy the Visaya language didn't became an official language too, it was almost as big as Tagalog back then, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruffydawg Posted November 15, 2014 Posted November 15, 2014 (edited) I have started to study Tagalog since my fiancé is working in Makati, but is from Bohol. I am wondering if it makes more sense to study that dialect? And is it more or less difficult. I know Amazon has considerable material for either. does not matter. She will switch languages when she is mad and you and talk to her friends Edited November 15, 2014 by Scruffydawg 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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