Table of Contents
Pronunciation 7
Week 1 15
Introduction: some useful phrases
Gender and plural of nouns
Articles: "the," "a," "an," "some"
Greetings, farewells, and polite expressions
Useful verbs: ter and haver
Saying "yes" and "no"
Forming questions
Subject pronouns: "I," "you," "he," "she," etc.
Exercises, vocabulary, conversations & practice
Week 2 31
Ser and estar ("to be")
Adjectives: describing things
Prepositions: "of," "in," "at," "for," etc.
Addressing people using titles
Vocabulary for asking directions
Exercises, vocabulary, conversation & practice
Week 3 47
Present tense (regular verbs)
Asking "how," "when," "where," etc.
Demonstratives: "this," "that," "these," "those"
Exercises, vocabulary, conversation & practice
Week 4 62
Possessives: "my," "mine," "your," "yours," etc.
Numbers
Asking the time
Days, months & seasons
Exercises, vocabulary, conversations & practice
Week 5 80
Forming the feminine
Forming the plural
The preterite
The imperative
Useful verbs: andar and ficar
Exercises, vocabulary, conversation & practice
Week 6 99
The imperfect tense ("was doing," "used to do")
Verbs for expressing "to know," "to play," and "to take"
Vocabulary for meals
Adverbs of place ("here," "there")
More on personal pronouns Exercises, vocabulary & practice
Week 7 119
"Either … or," "neither … nor"
More negatives: "nothing," "never," "no one," etc.
The use of já
"Certain," "few," "all," "some," etc.
Making comparisons ("more/less than," "as … as," etc.)
Expressions for "love" and "hate"
The future and conditional ("I will …" "I would …")
Exercises, vocabulary, conversation & practice
Week 8 139
Past participles (the -ed form, e.g., "talked," etc.)
The present and past perfect ("I have done …" "I had done …")
Reflexive verbs (e.g., levantar-se)
Reciprocal forms ("each other," "one another")
The passive
Impersonal verbs (e.g. "it's raining")
Exercises, vocabulary, conversations & practice
Week 9 155
The subjunctive: use and formation
"If" clauses ("if we go, we will …")
Exercises, vocabulary, conversation & practice
Week 10 174
The personal infinitive
The present participle (the -ing form: e.g., "saying," "doing," etc.)
Uses of the infinitive
Por and para ("for," "to," "along," "through," etc.)
Special uses of the definite article
Exercises, vocabulary, conversations & practice
Week 11 192
Reading practice Uma viagem pela Europa
Writing letters
Week 12 198
Useful expressions:
Expressions linked to certain verbs: dar, deixar, etc.
Portuguese equivalents of some English idioms
More useful words and phrases:
Em viagem /Traveling
No consultório médico / At the doctor's
Dentista / Dentist
No hotel / At the hotel
No restaurante / in the restaurant
As casas e situações domésticas / House and household situations
Compras / Shopping
Roupa e cores / Clothes and colors
Cabeleireiro / Hairdresser Entertainment and sports
Appendix 213
Verb tables
Verbs requiring preporistions
Key to exercises 225
Mini-dictionary 243
English-Portuguese
Index 253
