Synopses & Reviews
The all-in-one resource to sharpen your Portuguese verb and grammar skills In addition to providing essential concepts regarding verbs and grammar, this new edition of the Portuguese Verbs and Essentials of Grammar includes a brand-new feature: an index of the 300 most popular verbs, which can be cross-referenced with the numerous verb tables appearing throughout the book. This all-in-one language tutorial contains lots of examples employing contemporary language to give you a taste of real-life situations. Each unit focuses on a single verbal or grammatical concept, providing concise yet comprehensive explanations.
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Sue Tyson - Wardis a language consultant and teacher and writer.
Table of Contents
Part One: Portuguese Verbs
1. Pronunication 2. Regular Verbs- Indicative Tenses
3. Perfect(compound Tenses) 4. Progressive Tenses
5. Refleive Verbs 6. Formation of the Subjunctive
7. Uses of the Subjunctive 8. Irregular Verbs
9. Ser, Estar, and Ficar 10. Ter and Havar
11. Radical-Changing Verbs 12. Orthographic-Changing Verbs
13. Commands(Imperatives) 14. The Passive Voice
15. The Personal Infinitive 16. Verbs Followed by a Preposition
17. Idiomatic Verbs
Part Two: Essentials of Grammar
18. Articles 19. Nouns
20. Adjectives and Adverbs 21. Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns
22. Object Pronouns 23. Relative Pronouns
24. Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives 25. Negatives, Interrogatives, and Exclamations
26. Todo and Tudo, Ambos and Cada 27. Prepositions
28. Por and Para 29. Suffixes
30. Time 31. Numerals
32. Letters 33. Idioms
34. Vocabulary Lists Verb Index
Index