Brazilian Portuguese For Dummies

ISBN-13: 9781119894650 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 400 str.

Karen Jacobson-Sive

Spis treści

Introduction 1Part 1: Getting Started with Brazilian Portuguese 7Chapter 1: You Already Know Some Portuguese! 9Chapter 2: The Nitty-Gritty: Basic Portuguese Grammar 25Chapter 3: Oi! Hello! Greetings and Introductions 39Chapter 4: Getting Your Numbers, Times, and Measurements Straight 61Chapter 5: Speaking Portuguese at Home 77Part 2: Brazilian Portuguese in Action 101Chapter 6: Getting to Know You: Small Talk 103Chapter 7: Dining Out and Going to the Market 121Chapter 8: Shopping 141Chapter 9: Going Out on the Town 157Chapter 10: Using Technology To Keep In Touch 173Chapter 11: Chatting About Business 195Chapter 12: Recreation and the Outdoors 209Part 3: Brazilian Portuguese on the Go 225Chapter 13: Planning a Trip 227Chapter 14: Money, Money, Money 253Chapter 15: Getting Around: Planes, Buses, Taxis, and More 265Chapter 16: Going to Sporting Events 293Chapter 17: O Carnaval! 309Chapter 18: Socorro! Help! Handling Emergencies 325Part 4: The Part of Tens 341Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Pick Up Brazilian Portuguese Quickly 343Chapter 20: Ten Common Brazilian Portuguese Slang Words 349Chapter 21: Ten (Plus One) Brazilian Portuguese Terms That Make You Sound Fluent 353Part 5: Appendixes 357Appendix A: Verb Tables 359Appendix B: Portuguese-English Mini-Dictionary 369Appendix C: Answer Key 389Index 393

O autorze

Karen Jacobson-Sive is fluent in Brazilian Portuguese. She worked as a journalist in Brazil for many years before re-locating to New York where she taught language classes. She is the author of the previous editions of Portuguese For Dummies.