TeachYourself Portuguese Grammar,9780071419956

TeachYourself Portuguese Grammar

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ISBN13: 9780071419956
ISBN10: 0071419950
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Pub. Date: 2003-01-24
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill
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Take the frustration out of learning new grammarThe Teach Yourself Language Grammar series brings the languages of the world within the reach of any beginning student. Prepared by experts in the language, each course begins with the basics and gradually elevates the student to a level of confident communication. Enjoyable and userfriendly, the new editions and titles feature improved page designs and even clearer explanations.

Table of Contents

introduction viii
how to use this book x
glossary of grammatical terms xii
Portuguese spelling, accents and stress
1(6)
the basics of Portuguese spelling
differences between European and Brazilian Portuguese
punctuation
accents
stress
nouns and articles
7(8)
gender: masculine and feminine words
number: how to form plurals
articles
uses of the definite article
omission of articles
neuter article O
noun ellipsis
adjectives
15(7)
agreement of adjectives depending on gender and number
position of adjectives
suffixes
a selection of common descriptive adjectives
adverbs
22(4)
formation of adverbs
avoiding the use of -mente
comparatives and superlatives
26(7)
how to compare adjectives
expressing equality and inequality
how to compare adverbs
demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
33(5)
pointing things and people out with demonstrative adjectives
demonstrative pronouns
possessive adjectives and pronouns
38(4)
possessive adjectives
possessive pronouns
relative pronouns and adjectives
42(5)
using relative pronouns to join clauses (parts of sentences)
relative adjectives
prepositions
47(8)
simple prepositions
compound prepositions
verbs with prepositions
prepositions of time
other expressions
contractions
por and para
55(5)
por and its uses
para and its uses
negatives, interrogatives and exclamations
60(6)
negatives
interrogatives (questions)
exclamations
prefixes and suffixes
66(7)
how prefixes alter the meaning of a word
suffixes
expressing affection, awe or criticism with diminutives and augmentatives
todo, ambos and cada
73(5)
todo (all/everything)
tudo (everything)
ambos (both)
cada (each/every)
numerals
78(6)
cardinal numbers: how to say and write them in Portuguese
ordinal numbers and their use in Portuguese
measures and dimensions
84(5)
arithmetical signs
fractions
decimals
dimensions
units of measure, metric system
other units of measure
geometrical terms
other measurement language
the points of the compass
time
89(9)
days of the week
months of the year
seasons of the year
special holidays
dates
divisions of time
expressions of time
time of day
personal pronouns
98(9)
subject pronouns
direct and indirect object pronouns
reflexive pronouns
position of pronouns
overview of personal pronouns
impersonal verbs
107(7)
weather verbs
anoitecer (to get dark -- nightfall) / amanhecer (to get light -- dawn)
verbs taking pronouns
faltar, fazer falta, sobrar
doer -- when something hurts
haver
miscellaneous
infinitives
114(6)
the general infinitive of the three verb groups in Portuguese
the personal infinitive and its uses
present tense
120(6)
the indicative mood
first conjugation (-ar) verbs
second conjugation (-er) verbs
third conjugation (-ir) verbs
radical-changing verbs
126(4)
first conjugation, -ar
second conjugation, -er
third conjugation, -ir
orthographic-changing verbs
130(5)
verbs that change their spelling for reasons of pronunciation
reflexive verbs
135(6)
formation of reflexive verbs
position of the reflexive pronoun
reciprocity
verbs followed by a preposition
141(5)
verbs + a
verbs + de
verbs + em
verbs + por
verbs + com / para
preterite tense
146(5)
first conjugation (-ar) verbs
second conjugation (-er) verbs
third conjugation (-ir) verbs
some examples of irregular verbs
imperfect tense
151(6)
formation
usage of the imperfect tense
preterite vs. imperfect
157(5)
how to decide between the preterite and the imperfect when talking about the past
estar a fazer (saying that one event interrupted another)
future tense
162(4)
formation and usage in Portuguese
conditional tense
166(4)
formation and usage in Portuguese
ter and haver
170(6)
ter
haver
participles
176(7)
present participle
past participle
compound tenses: present perfect
183(3)
the formation of compound tenses
position of pronouns with the present perfect
other compound tenses
186(5)
pluperfect (past perfect)
future perfect
conditional perfect
continuous tenses
191(6)
present continuous
imperfect continuous
future continuous
summary of continuous tenses
modal auxiliaries -- must / ought / should / could
197(5)
dever
ter de / que
precisar de
haver de
poder
commands (imperatives)
202(6)
affirmative commands
negative commands
polite commands
irregular verbs
208(3)
the most common irregular verbs in Portuguese
present
preterite
imperfect
ser and estar
211(7)
ser -- `permanent' conditions
estar -- temporary states or conditions; things that can change
the passive
218(6)
ser + past participle
estar + past participle
reflexive substitute for the passive
impersonal use of se
tenses of the subjunctive
224(8)
present subjunctive
imperfect subjunctive
future subjunctive
present perfect subjunctive
pluperfect (past perfect) subjunctive
future perfect subjunctive
subjunctive: emotion, doubt, desire, influence
232(4)
verbs expressing emotion
verbs expressing doubt
subjunctive: impersonal expressions and verbs of opinion
236(5)
impersonal expressions
verbs of opinion
special expressions
subjunctive: conjunctions and hypothesis
241(4)
talvez and oxala
special expressions
subjunctive: indefinite and negative antecedents
245(4)
using the subjunctive with expressions such as `somebody who can...', `nobody who can...'
if... clauses
249(6)
open possibility -- present tense
facts about the past -- past tense
se = whether
hypothetical, doubtful actions, contrary to fact -- imperfect subjunctive
actions contrary to the statement -- past conditionals
se and the future
e se...? = what if...?
como se... = as if / though...
direct and indirect speech
255(6)
how to convert direct to indirect speech in Portuguese
which verbs, tenses, pronouns and possessives to use
European and Brazilian Portuguese: some differences in vocabulary 261(2)
verb tables 263(9)
taking it further 272(3)
key to exercises 275

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