A grammar of spoken Brazilian Portuguese / by Earl W. Thomas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomas, Earl W., 1915-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Portuguese language--Dialects--Brazil.

Portuguese language.

Portuguese language--Dialects.

Brazil.

Portuguese language--Spoken Portuguese.

Portuguese language--Grammar--1950-.

Portuguese language--Grammar.

Physical Description:

xi, 179 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 1974.

Summary:

Divided into 29 separate lessons, and including an introductory section on syllabification, stress, written accents, and pronunciation, "A Grammar of Spoken Brazilian Portuguese" features an abundance of exercises and readings and is well-suited to students who are seeking a concise introductory text focusing on modern Brazilian Portuguese. (Foreign Language)

Contents:

Rules for Writing Brazilian Portuguese 2

Syllabification 2

Stress 3

Written accents 4

Pronunciation of Brazilian Portuguese 4

The vowels 4

Sounds represented by the vocalic letters 5

The diphthongs 6

The consonants 7

1. The noun 11

2. Gender of nouns 11

3. Plural of nouns 11

4. The definite article 11

5. Contractions of de and em with the definite article 12

6. Use of em 12

7. The possessive of nouns 12

8. Regular verbs, first conjugation 14

9. Personal pronoun subjects 14

10. Conjugation of estudar with pronoun subjects 15

11. Irregular verb estar 15

12. Plurals of nouns in -r, -s, and -z 15

13. Progressive form of verbs 17

14. Questions without interrogative words 17

15. Indefinite articles 17

16. Contractions with indefinite articles 17

17. Negation 18

18. Equivalents of yes and no 18

19. Emphatic affirmative and negative answers 18

20. Plurals of nouns and adjectives 20

21. Feminine of adjectives; adverbs in -mente 21

22. Irregular verb ser 22

23. Uses of ser and estar 22

24. Omission of indefinite articles 23

25. Present indicative, three conjugations 25

26. The imperative 25

27. Questions with interrogative words 26

28. Requesting assent 26

29. Position of adjectives 26

30. Formal second-person pronouns 26

31. Second-person pronouns as objects 27

32. Irregular verb ir 29

33. Uses of ir 29

34. Prepositions para and a 30

35. Uses of para and a 30

36. Definite article with names of language 30

37. Irregular verb ter 33

38. Uses of ter 33

39. Possessive adjectives and pronouns, first person 33

40. Possessive adjectives and pronouns, second person 34

41. Irregular verb fazer 37

42. Uses of fazer 38

43. Estar and wather 38

44. Demonstratives 38

45. Contractions with demonstratives 38

46. The negatives 39

47. Forms of querer 41

48. Preterit tense 41

49. Uses of the preterit 41

50. Preposition por 42

51. Some uses of por 42

52. Possessive adjectives and pronouns, third person 42

53. Forms of dar 45

54. Uses of dar 45

55. Irregular preterits 46

56. Radical-changing verbs, first conjugation 46

57. Forms of poder 49

58. Poder in the preterit 49

59. Simple present for the future 49

60. Personal pronoun objects, first person 50

61. Placing of pronoun objects 50

62. Forms of por 53

63. Uses of por 54

64. Verbs derived from por 54

65. The future subjunctive 54

66. Uses of future subjunctive 55

67. Object pronouns se, lhe, lhes 55

68. Forms of dizer 57

69. Uses of dizer 57

70. Verb form following a preposition 58

71. Personal pronoun direct objects, third person 58

72. Regular comparison, adjectives and adverbs 58

73. Irregular comparison, adjectives and adverbs 59

74. Portuguese equivalents of than 59

75. Forms of ver 62

76. Uses of ver 62

77. Pronoun objects of prepositions 63

78. Indirect object phrases 63

79. Que and qual 63

80. Saber and caber 66

81. Uses of saber and caber 66

82. Imperfect indicative 67

83. Verbs irregular in the imperfect 67

84. Uses of the imperfect 67

85. Imperfect progressive 68

86. Preposition a 71

87. Preposition ate 71

88. Preposition de 71

89. Preposition em 72

90. Forms of vir 75

91. Uses of vir 75

92. Cardinal numbers 75

93. Usage of cardinal numbers 75

94. Time of day 76

95. Verbs irregular in one form-pedir, ouvir, perder, valer 79

96. Preposition para 79

97. Preposition por 80

98. Forms of ler and crer 83

99. Forms of present subjunctive 83

100. Subjunctive of will 84

101. Notes on spelling 84

102. Forms of trazer 87

103. Radical-changing verbs, third conjugation 87

104. Reflexive verbs 91

105. Uses of reflexive verbs 91

106. Omission of reflexive objects 92

107. Equivalents of the subject one 92

108. Cardinal numbers above 100 92

109. Ordinal numbers 93

110. The personal infinitive 96

111. Use of the personal infinitive 97

112. Radical-changing nouns and adjectives 97

113. Irregular present subjunctives 101

114. Subjunctive of emotion 102

115. Past participles 102

116. Irregular past participles 102

117. The passive voice 103

118. Verbs in -air 107

119. Subjunctive with impersonal expressions 107

120. Infinitive with impersonal expressions 107

121. Subjunctive of doubt or disbelief 107

122. Verbs rir and sorrir 111

123. Forms of imperfect subjunctive 111

124. Use of imperfect subjunctive 111

125. Subjunctive in adverb clauses 112

126. Forms of haver 116

127. Uses of haver 117

128. Futurity 117

129. Conditional tense 118

130. Pronoun objects with future and conditional 118

131. Verbs in -duzir 123

132. Perfect tenses 123

133. English equivalents of perfect tenses 124

134. Verb forms used after se (if) 125

135. Verbs in -ear 129

136. Verbs in -uir and -oer 129

137. Position of object pronouns in perfect tenses 130

138. Relative pronouns 130

139. Subjunctive in relative clauses 131

140. Subjunctive with relative adverbs 134

141. Subjunctive with talvez 134

142. Subjunctive in indirect commands 135

143. "Let it be as it may." 135

144. Diminutives and augmentatives 135

145. Conjugation of regular verbs 139

146. Forms of ter used as auxiliaries of the perfect tenses 141

147. Forms of haver used as auxiliaries of the perfect tenses 141

148. Radical-changing verbs 141

149. Special types of verbs 143

150-172. Irregular verbs 144

173. Irregular past participles 149

174. Literary personal pronoun objects, third person 149

175. Pronouns of the old second person 150

Abbreviations used in the Vocabularies 150

English-Portuguese Vocabulary 150

Portuguese-English Vocabulary 165.

ISBN:

082651197X

OCLC:

1031174