Description |
x, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 audio CD (4 3/4 in.). |
Series |
Everything series |
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Everything series.
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Note |
Includes index. |
Summary |
An introduction to Brazilian Portugese covers the history of the language, pronuniciation, grammar, vocabulary, Brazilian culture, and traveling in Brazil. |
Contents |
1. Introducing the Portuguese Language -- Why Learn Portuguese? -- Portuguese: A Romance Language -- Similarities to Spanish -- European Portuguese Versus Brazilian Portuguese -- Tips on Learning Portuguese -- Recognizing What You Already Know -- 2. Sounds of Portuguese -- Portuguese Alphabet -- Accent Marks -- Closer Look at the Portuguese Consonants -- Stress Pattern in Portuguese -- Oral and Nasal Vowels -- Typing in Portuguese -- 3. Beginning Conversation -- Greetings -- Talking on the Phone -- Quick Introductions -- Exercise: What to Say? -- Saying Goodbye -- Other Vocabulary You May Need -- 3. Nouns, Articles, and Contractions -- Nouns: Persons, Places, and Things -- Practicing with Gender -- From Nouns to Pronouns -- Definite and Indefinite Articles -- Demonstratives -- Common Contractions -- 5. Who Are You? Introducing Ser -- Expressing Identity: Ser -- Place of Origin -- Characteristics -- Occupations -- Personal Relationships -- Numbers and Ser -- 6. How Are You? Introducing Estar -- States of Being: Estar -- Physical States -- Mental States -- Location -- Estar in the Present Progressive Tense -- Ser or Estar? -- Agreement Rules -- Plurals in Nouns and Adjectives -- 7. Describing People and Things in Portuguese -- From Nouns to Adjectives -- Order of Modifiers -- Making Comparisons -- Superlatives: The Best of the Best -- Ownership and Possession -- 8. Vocabulary of Numbers -- Cardinal Numbers -- Ordinal Numbers -- Days of the Week -- Talking about Time -- Months and Seasons -- Practice with Numbers -- 9. First Conjugation Verbs -- Regular -AR Verbs -- Verbs with Prepositions -- Vocabulary: Going Places -- Vocabulary: Routine Activities -- 10. Second Conjugation and Beyond -- Regular -ER and -IR Verbs -- Special -IR Verbs -- Exercise: Regular and Special Verbs -- To Go and To Come: Ir and Vir -- To Have: Ter -- Vocabulary: Family Relations -- 11. Important Verbs to Know -- To Be or To Exist: Haver -- To Make or To Do: Fazer -- Expressions with Fazer -- To Know: Saber and Conhecer -- More Special Verbs -- 12. Verb Tenses: an Overview -- Present Tense -- Preterite Tense -- Imperfect Tense -- Preterite Versus the Imperfect -- Future Tenses -- Conditional Tense -- Practice with the Future and Conditional Tenses -- 13. More Verbs -- Using Two Verbs Together -- Past Participles -- Passive Voice -- Reflexive and Reciprocal Verbs -- Reflexive Verbs with Prepositions -- Practice with Reflexive and Reciprocal Verbs -- 14. Negative Words and Constructions -- How to Say No -- Two Negatives Make a Negative -- Common Negative Expressions -- Practice with Negatives -- Positive Versus Negative -- 15. Questions and Exclamations -- How to Ask Questions -- Interrogative Words -- Question Tags -- Exclamations -- 16. Future and Other Tenses -- Present Versus the Future or the Preterite -- Personal Infinitive -- Impersonal Assertions -- Discussing the Weather -- Vocabulary of Clothes -- 17. Imperative and Subjunctive Constructions -- Imperative Constructions -- Introducing the Subjunctive -- Past Subjunctive -- Future Subjunctive -- Indicative or Subjunctive? -- Practice with the Subjunctive Forms -- Expression with the Verb Dar -- 18. Carnaval, Samba, Feijoada, and Futebol -- Brazilian Carnaval -- Music of Brazil -- Futebol (Soccer) in Brazil: Five-Time World Champions -- Culinary Expressions -- What's on Brazilian TV? -- Brazilian Cinema -- Cultural Review: What's the Word? -- 19. Means of Communication -- In Person -- Communication by Mail -- Making Phone Calls -- Vocabulary: Ficar, Tornar-se, Fazer-se (to Become) -- More Vocabulary: Expressions with Estar com and Ter -- Communication Practice -- 20. Travelling to Samba-Land -- Getting Your Papers in Order -- Hotel Reservations -- Getting Real -- Where to Go? -- Brasilia: The Modern Capital City -- Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo: Big Metropoles -- Northeast of Brazil: Culture and Tradition -- Florianopolis and Other Southern Belles -- Survival Phrases: Don't Leave Home Without Them -- "Travel to Brazil" Quiz -- Appendix A. English-to-Portuguese Glossary -- Appendix B. Portuguese-to-English Glossary -- Appendix C. Answer Key. |
Subject |
Portuguese language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English.
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Portuguese language -- Brazil -- Spoken Portuguese.
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Portuguese language. (OCoLC)fst01072441
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Portuguese language -- Spoken Portuguese.
(OCoLC)fst01072541
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Brazil. (OCoLC)fst01206830
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Genre/Form |
Textbooks. (OCoLC)fst01423863
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Textbooks -- for English speakers.
(OCoLC)fst01423865
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Textbooks.
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ISBN |
9781598692778 (pbk.) |
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1598692771 (pbk.) |
Standard No. |
045079902770 |
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