| Table of Contents |
| Preface to the Revised Edition | 7 |
| Introduction: Tagalog—a Living Language | 8 |
| Lesson 1: The Tagalog Alphabet | 15 |
| Lesson 2: Syllables and Stress in Tagalog | 18 |
| Lesson 3: Greetings and Common Expressions | 23 |
| Lesson 4: The Articles Si and Ang | 29 |
| Lesson 5: Sentence Formation | 32 |
| Lesson 6: Personal and Demonstrative Pronouns | 35 |
| Lesson 7: Words That Link and Describe | 41 |
| Lesson 8: Words That Show Possession | 46 |
| Lesson 9: Asking Questions | 52 |
| Lesson 10: The Question Word Ba | 56 |
| Lesson 11: Making Comparisons | 60 |
| Lesson 12: Using May and Mayroón | 64 |
| Lesson 13: Numbers | 67 |
| Lesson 14: -Um- and Mag- Verb Forms | 72 |
| Lesson 15: -In- Verb Forms | 77 |
| Lesson 16: The Articles Ang and Ng | 83 |
| Lesson 17: Pseudo Verbs— Dápat , Gustó and Others | 85 |
| Lesson 18: Ma- and Maka- Verb Forms | 89 |
| Lesson 19: Maging — To Be or To Become | 96 |
| Lesson 20: Magkaroón — To Have | 98 |
| Lesson 21: Expressing Thoughts and Actions | 101 |
| Lesson 22: Expressing Emotions | 104 |
| Lesson 23: Who , Which and Tha | 107 |
| Lesson 24: Saying Please | 109 |
| Lesson 25: Saan and Nasaan (Where) | 112 |
| Lesson 26: The Preposition Sa | 115 |
| Lesson 27: The Prepositions Para Sa and Para Kay | 120 |
| Lesson 28: Telling Time | 122 |
| Lesson 29: The Word When in Tagalog | 127 |
| Lesson 30: Verb Roots | 129 |
| Lesson 31: Forming Nouns | 132 |
| Lesson 32: I- Verb Forms | 135 |
| Lesson 33: -An Verb Forms | 141 |
| Lesson 34: Adverbs | 146 |
| Lesson 35: Conjunctions and Interjections | 152 |
| Lesson 36: Magpa- and Pa- + -In Verb Forms | 155 |
| Lesson 37: Expressing Disagreement, Agreement or Doubt | 159 |
| Lesson 38: Forming Nouns from Verbs | 165 |
| Lesson 39: Forming Participles Using Naka- | 169 |
| Lesson 40: Noun Affixes | 171 |
| Lesson 41: Formation of Adjectives | 176 |
| Lesson 42: Plural Forms of Verbs | 180 |
| Lesson 43: Contractions | 185 |
| Lesson 44: Colors | 187 |
| Appendices | 189 |
| Foods | 189 |
| Cooking Terms | 190 |
| Popular Filipino Dishes and Delicacies | 192 |
| Tagalog Idioms | 193 |
| Everyday Tagalog Expressions | 196 |
| Conversational Tagalog | 200 |
| Vocabulary Lists | 208 |
| Tagalog-English | 208 |
| English-Tagalog | 213 |
| Review Exercises | 218 |
| Answers to Review Exercises | 226 |
| Reading Materials | 230 |
