The Everything Essential Brazilian Portuguese Book by Ferreira, Fernanda -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Dedication Contents Introduction Introducing the Portuguese Language

Why Learn Portuguese? Similarities to Spanish European Portuguese Versus Brazilian Portuguese Tips on Learning Portuguese Recognizing What You Already Know

The Sounds of Portuguese

The Portuguese Alphabet Accent Marks A Closer Look at the Portuguese Consonants Stress Pattern in Portuguese Oral and Nasal Vowels Typing in Portuguese

Beginning Conversation

Greetings Talking on the Phone Quick Introductions Saying Goodbye Other Vocabulary You May Need

Nouns, Articles, and Contractions

Nouns: Persons, Places, and Things From Nouns to Pronouns Definite and Indefinite Articles Demonstratives Common Contractions

Who Are You? Introducing Ser

Expressing Identity: Ser Place of Origin Characteristics Occupations Personal Relationships Numbers and Ser

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

Describing People and Things in Portuguese

From Nouns to Adjectives The Order of Modifiers Making Comparisons Superlatives: The Best of the Best Ownership and Possession

The Vocabulary of Numbers

Cardinal Numbers Ordinal Numbers Days of the Week Talking about Time The Months and Seasons

First Conjugation Verbs

Regular –AR Verbs Verbs with Prepositions Vocabulary: Going Places Vocabulary: Routine Activities

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

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

Verb Tenses: An Overview

Present Tense Preterite Tense Imperfect Tense The Preterite Versus the Imperfect Future Tenses Conditional Tense Practice with the Future and Conditional Tenses

More Verbs

Using Two Verbs Together Past Participles Passive Voice Reflexive and Reciprocal Verbs Reflexive Verbs with Prepositions Practice with Reflexive and Reciprocal Verbs

Negative Words and Constructions

How to Say No Two Negatives Make a Negative Common Negative Expressions Positive Versus Negative

Questions and Exclamations

How to Ask Questions Interrogative Words Question Tags Exclamations

The Future and Other Tenses

The Present Versus the Future or the Preterite The Personal Infinitive Impersonal Assertions Discussing the Weather The Vocabulary of Clothes

Imperative and Subjunctive Constructions

Imperative Constructions Introducing the Subjunctive Past Subjunctive Future Subjunctive Indicative or Subjunctive? Practice with the Subjunctive Forms Expressions with the Verb Dar

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

Appendix A. English to Portuguese Glossary Appendix B. Portuguese to English Glossary Appendix C. Answer Key Acknowledgments Copyright