Full Description
Your one-stop guide to mastering the basics of Portuguese
Can one book have all you need to communicate confidently in a new language? Yes, and that book is Portuguese Verbs & Essentials of Grammar. It offers a solid foundation in the major verbal and grammatical concepts of the language, from pronouns to idioms and expressions and from irregular verbs to expressions of time.
Each unit is devoted to one topic, so you can find what you need and get focused instruction immediately. Concise yet thorough, the explanations are supported by numerous examples to help you master the different concepts. And for those tricky verbs, Portuguese Verbs & Essentials of Grammar includes a Verb Index of the most common verbs, cross-referenced to the abundant verb tables appearing throughout the book.
This book will give you:
An excellent introduction to the basics of Portuguese if you are a beginner or a quick, thorough reference if you already have experience in the languageContemporary usage of verbs, adjectives, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, and other grammar essentialsExamples that reflect contemporary usage and real-life situations
Contents
Part One: Portuguese Verbs1. Pronunication2. Regular Verbs- Indicative Tenses3. Perfect(compound Tenses)4. Progressive Tenses5. Refleive Verbs6. Formation of the Subjunctive7. Uses of the Subjunctive8. Irregular Verbs9. Ser, Estar, and Ficar10. Ter and Havar11. Radical-Changing Verbs12. Orthographic-Changing Verbs13. Commands(Imperatives)14. The Passive Voice15. The Personal Infinitive16. Verbs Followed by a Preposition17. Idiomatic Verbs
Part Two: Essentials of Grammar18. Articles19. Nouns20. Adjectives and Adverbs21. Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns22. Object Pronouns23. Relative Pronouns24. Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives25. Negatives, Interrogatives, and Exclamations26. Todo and Tudo, Ambos and Cada27. Prepositions28. Por and Para29. Suffixes30. Time31. Numerals32. Letters33. Idioms34. Vocabulary ListsVerb IndexIndex
