The Everything Learning Brazilian Portuguese Book
by Ferreira, Fernanda L.Edition: CD
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-08-01
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Summary
The Everything[Registered] Learning Brazilian Portuguese Book with CD makes Brazilian Portuguese a breeze to learn! Author Fernanda L. Ferreira, Ph.D., provides you with step-by-step instruction in vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. Learn how to: Understand Portuguese grammar, Improve pronunciation, Ask questions in Portuguese, Have basic conversations when traveling, dining out, conducting business, and shopping.
Author Biography
Fernanda L. Ferreira, Ph.D., has been teaching at Bridgewater State College
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. ix |
| Introducing the Portuguese Language | p. 1 |
| Why Learn Portuguese? | p. 2 |
| Portuguese: A Romance Language | p. 2 |
| Similarities to Spanish | p. 3 |
| European Portuguese Versus Brazilian Portuguese | p. 5 |
| Tips on Learning Portuguese | p. 7 |
| Recognizing What You Already Know | p. 10 |
| The Sounds of Portuguese | p. 17 |
| The Portuguese Alphabet | p. 18 |
| Accent Marks | p. 20 |
| p. 20 | |
| A Closer Look at the Portuguese Consonants | p. 21 |
| p. 24 | |
| Stress Pattern in Portuguese | p. 25 |
| Oral and Nasal Vowels | p. 25 |
| p. 27 | |
| Typing in Portuguese | p. 29 |
| Beginning Conversation | p. 31 |
| Greetings | p. 32 |
| Talking on the Phone | p. 32 |
| Quick Introductions | p. 34 |
| Exercise: What to Say? | p. 35 |
| Saying Goodbye | p. 36 |
| Other Vocabulary You May Need | p. 37 |
| Nouns, Articles, and Contractions | p. 41 |
| Nouns: Persons, Places, and Things | p. 42 |
| Practicing with Gender | p. 45 |
| From Nouns to Pronouns | p. 46 |
| Definite and Indefinite Articles | p. 49 |
| Demonstratives | p. 50 |
| Common Contractions | p. 52 |
| Who Are You? Introducing Ser | p. 57 |
| Expressing Identity: Ser | p. 58 |
| Place of Origin | p. 59 |
| Characteristics | p. 61 |
| Occupations | p. 63 |
| Personal Relationships | p. 65 |
| Numbers and Ser | p. 66 |
| How Are You? Introducing Estar | p. 67 |
| States of Being: Estar | p. 68 |
| Physical States | p. 69 |
| Mental States | p. 70 |
| Location | p. 72 |
| Estar in the Present Progressive Tense | p. 73 |
| Ser or Estar? | p. 74 |
| Agreement Rules | p. 77 |
| Plurals in Nouns and Adjectives | p. 78 |
| Describing People and Things in Portuguese | p. 81 |
| From Nouns to Adjectives | p. 82 |
| The Order of Modifiers | p. 84 |
| Making Comparisons | p. 86 |
| Superlatives: The Best of the Best | p. 89 |
| Ownership and Possession | p. 91 |
| The Vocabulary of Numbers | p. 95 |
| Cardinal Numbers | p. 96 |
| Ordinal Numbers | p. 100 |
| Days of the Week | p. 102 |
| Talking about Time | p. 103 |
| The Months and Seasons | p. 105 |
| Practice with Numbers | p. 106 |
| First Conjugation Verbs | p. 109 |
| Regular -AR Verbs | p. 110 |
| Verbs with Prepositions | p. 112 |
| Vocabulary: Going Places | p. 114 |
| Vocabulary: Routine Activities | p. 116 |
| Second Conjugation and Beyond | p. 119 |
| Regular -ER and -IR Verbs | p. 120 |
| Special -IR Verbs | p. 123 |
| Exercise: Regular and Special Verbs | p. 125 |
| To Go and To Come: Ir and Vir | p. 125 |
| To Have: Ter | p. 128 |
| Vocabulary: Family Relations | p. 131 |
| Important Verbs to Know | p. 135 |
| To Be or To Exist: Haver | p. 136 |
| To Make or To Do: Fazer | p. 137 |
| Expressions with Fazer | p. 138 |
| To Know: Saber and Conhecer | p. 140 |
| More Special Verbs | p. 142 |
| Verb Tenses: an Overview | p. 145 |
| Present Tense | p. 146 |
| Preterite Tense | p. 147 |
| Imperfect Tense | p. 149 |
| The Preterite Versus the Imperfect | p. 150 |
| Future Tenses | p. 152 |
| Conditional Tense | p. 154 |
| Practice with the Future and Conditional Tenses | p. 155 |
| More Verbs | p. 157 |
| Using Two Verbs Together | p. 158 |
| Past Participles | p. 161 |
| Passive Voice | p. 164 |
| Reflexive and Reciprocal Verbs | p. 165 |
| Reflexive Verbs with Prepositions | p. 166 |
| Practice with Reflexive and Reciprocal Verbs | p. 167 |
| Negative Words and Constructions | p. 169 |
| How to Say No | p. 170 |
| Two Negatives Make a Negative | p. 171 |
| Common Negative Expressions | p. 172 |
| Practice with Negatives | p. 173 |
| Positive Versus Negative | p. 174 |
| Questions and Exclamations | p. 177 |
| How to Ask Questions | p. 178 |
| Interrogative Words | p. 179 |
| Question Tags | p. 182 |
| Exclamations | p. 182 |
| The Future and Other Tenses | p. 185 |
| The Present Versus the Future or the Preterite | p. 186 |
| The Personal Infinitive | p. 187 |
| Impersonal Assertions | p. 190 |
| Discussing the Weather | p. 191 |
| The Vocabulary of Clothes | p. 193 |
| Imperative and Subjunctive Constructions | p. 197 |
| Imperative Constructions | p. 198 |
| Introducing the Subjunctive | p. 200 |
| Past Subjunctive | p. 202 |
| Future Subjunctive | p. 203 |
| Indicative or Subjunctive? | p. 204 |
| Practice with the Subjunctive Forms | p. 204 |
| Expression with the Verb Dar | p. 205 |
| Carnaval, Samba, Feijoada, and Futebol | p. 207 |
| Brazilian Carnaval | p. 208 |
| The Music of Brazil | p. 210 |
| Futebol (Soccer) in Brazil: Five-Time World Champions | p. 213 |
| Culinary Expressions | p. 214 |
| What's on Brazilian TV? | p. 214 |
| Brazilian Cinema | p. 215 |
| Cultural Review: What's the Word? | p. 216 |
| Means of Communication | p. 217 |
| In Person | p. 218 |
| Communication by Mail | p. 222 |
| Making Phone Calls | p. 224 |
| Vocabulary: Ficar, Tornar-se, Fazer-se (to Become) | p. 228 |
| More Vocabulary: Expressions with Estar com and Ter | p. 229 |
| Communication Practice | p. 230 |
| Travelling to Samba-Land | p. 233 |
| Getting Your Papers in Order | p. 234 |
| Hotel Reservations | p. 235 |
| Getting Real | p. 237 |
| Where to Go? | p. 239 |
| Brasilia: The Modern Capital City | p. 241 |
| Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo: Big Metropoles | p. 242 |
| The Northeast of Brazil: Culture and Tradition | p. 244 |
| Florianopolis and Other Southern Belles | p. 246 |
| Survival Phrases: Don't Leave Home Without Them | p. 247 |
| The "Travel to Brazil" Quiz | p. 248 |
| English-to-Portuguese Glossary | p. 249 |
| Portuguese-to-English Glossary | p. 271 |
| Answer Key | p. 295 |
| Index | p. 306 |
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