Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar: A Practical Guide

1 ModernBRAZILIAN Portuguese GrammarModern Brazilian Portuguese grammar : A Practical Guideis an innovative referenceguide to Brazilian Portuguese , combining traditional and function-based grammar in asingle volume. The Grammaris divided into two parts. Part A covers traditional grammatical categoriessuch as agreement, nouns, verbs and adjectives. Part B is carefully organized aroundlanguage functions covering all major communication situations such as: Establishing identity Making contact Expressing likes, dislikes and a strong emphasis on contemporary usage, all grammar points and functions arerichly illustrated with examples.

2 Main features of the Grammarinclude: Clear, jargon-free explanations Emphasis on the language as it is spoken and written today Extensive cross-referencing between the different combination of reference grammar and Practical usage manual, Modern BrazilianPortuguese Grammaris the ideal source for learners of Brazilian Portuguese at all levels,from beginner to Whitlamis a freelance writer, university lecturer and lexicographer based in Rio deJaneiro. He has authored a number of language teaching books and project-coordinatedand co-authored three of the best-selling bilingual dictionaries of Portuguese and Modern GrammarsSeries concept and development Sarah ButlerOther books in the series.

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4 No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Library Cataloguing in Publication DataA catalogue record for this book is available from the British LibraryLibrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication DataWhitlam, Brazilian Portuguese grammar : a Practical Guide / John Whitlam. 1st (Routledge Modern grammars)Includes bibliographical references and Portuguese language grammar .

5 2. Portuguese language Textbooks for foreign speakers English. 3. Portuguese language Spoken Portugese. I. 2011469 .798 dc222010009096 ISBN10: 0 415 56643 6 (hbk)ISBN10: 0 415 56644 4 (pbk)ISBN10: 0 203 84392 4 (ebk)ISBN13: 978 0 415 56643 8 (hbk)ISBN13: 978 0 415 56644 5 (pbk)ISBN13: 978 0 203 84392 5 (ebk)This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge scollection of thousands of eBooks please go to 0-203-84392-4 Master e-book ISBNC ontentsIntroduction1 Glossary of grammatical terms3 Structures1 Pronunciation and Portuguese alphabet sounds vowel sounds vowel sounds and pronunciation and written accents of capital letters 212 Gender and gender is grammatical gender?

6 For determining gender forms of nouns and adjectives 253 Number and number vs. plural the plural of nouns and adjectives referring collectively to males and females of singular and plural definite article indefinite article 355 Adjectives and of adjectives that always precede the noun with different meanings according to their position used as nouns used as adverbs 42vPart of adverbs of manner of adverbs and adverbials of adjectives and adverbs comparative forms syntax of comparative absolute intensifiers476 Numbers and numerical , popes, etc.

7 547 Personal person person of subject of unstressed object about indirect pronoun used with uses of object personal pronoun usage quick reference tables and demonstrative adverbs here and there of prio own after the verb ser to be second person possessiveteu(s)/tua(s) use of the possessiveseu(s)/sua(s)7910 Relative qual,os/as (s),cuja(s) (s)/quanta(s) on translating when as a relative , (s)/quanta(s) Other points about interrogatives (s)/quanta(s) adjectives and (s)/toda(s) , (s)/outra(s) Adjectives and pronouns of Other indefinite adjectives and Else verb to Portuguese verbs: how the system infinitive and the tenses: present tenses: imperfect tenses: preterite tenses: present tenses: imperfect tenses.

8 Future and conditional Simple pluperfect Stress patterns in regular Spelling conventions governing regular verbs11416 Semi-irregular and irregular verbs11817 Gerunds, past participles, compound tenses and the passive12618 Use of the Conditional perfect13319 The of the vs. personal of the infinitive after followed by the where either the impersonal or personal infinitive may be infinitive with the same subject as the main of object pronouns with the uses of the infinitive14120 The of present or imperfect subjunctive in subordinate future or imperfect subjunctive in subordinate subjunctive in conditional subjunctive in main uses of the vs.

9 Of the subjunctive in colloquial speech14921 The imperative15122 Reflexive object patterns of reflexive verbs in the spoken reflexive pronouns15523 Ser, estarand used with eitherser or was/were , has/have been , expressions with expressions with meanings and idiomatic uses of ficar16524 Verbs used in auxiliary, modal and impersonal uses of certain prepositions: a, com, de,em,para, simple (one-word) prepositions of prepositions of compound vs. vs. conjunction201 CONTENTSix27 Word order in order in order in indirect questions20328 Word appreciative suffix -a depreciative suffix nouns ending in - nouns ending in nouns ending in -ada209 FunctionsSocial contact and communication strategies21329 Making social people how they yourself and the letters22730 Basic strategies for someone s attention and responding to a call for up a repetition and sure you understand and are that you understand the speaker and are following what is being

10 How to pronounce or spell a a the Formal development of a topic240 Giving and seeking factual information24331 Asking questions and no questions248 CONTENTSxPart ways of answering vs. indirect yes and no commands and requests25634 Asking and giving personal and place of and place of , status or rank, religious, political and other affiliations26335 Identifying people and yourself and to a subject s nature or about a subject s nature or a state or involving an unspoken and saying what something is made facts or a person s character and the weather27337 Making of of more than two objects27938 Expressing existence and and answering questions regarding availability283 CONTENTSxi39 Expressing location and and saying where an event will take place or took precise distance29040 Expressing possessive