The Everything Learning Brazilian Portuguese Book: Speak, Write, and Understand Basic Portuguese in No Time

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Brazilian Portuguese made easy—and fun!

The Everything 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

This helpful guide includes an audio CD with pronunciation guides, extensive vocabulary lists, and interactive exercises. Packed with dialogue examples, self-tests, and English-to-Portuguese and Portuguese-to-English dictionaries, The Everything Learning Brazilian Portuguese Book with CD will have you speaking—and understanding—Portuguese in no time.
Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781598692778

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Adams Media

Publication Date: 07-17-2007

Pages: 304

Product Dimensions: 7.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

Series: Everything (Language & Writing)

About the Author

Fernanda Ferreira, PhD, is a native speaker of Portuguese and has been teaching the language at the college level since 1993. She has completed a doctorate in Spanish and Portuguese from the University of New Mexico. Dr. Ferreira has been teaching at Bridgewater State University since 2001, where she is a tenured professor and former chair of the foreign languages department. Dr. Ferreira lives in Brockton, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents


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

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