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Portuguese in 3 Months with Free Audio App: Your Essential Guide to Understanding and Speaking Portuguese [Pehme köide]

  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 256 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 216x136x14 mm, kaal: 318 g
  • Sari: DK Hugo in 3 Months Language Learning Courses
  • Ilmumisaeg: 05-Apr-2022
  • Kirjastus: Dorling Kindersley
  • ISBN-10: 0744051630
  • ISBN-13: 9780744051636
Teised raamatud teemal:
  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 256 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 216x136x14 mm, kaal: 318 g
  • Sari: DK Hugo in 3 Months Language Learning Courses
  • Ilmumisaeg: 05-Apr-2022
  • Kirjastus: Dorling Kindersley
  • ISBN-10: 0744051630
  • ISBN-13: 9780744051636
Teised raamatud teemal:
Brush up on your Portuguese language skills in 3 months! 

Whether you’re visiting Portugal or simply want to improve your Portuguese vocabulary and grammar, this practical language learning course is packed with learning tips and an audio app that makes learning fun!

Inside this Portuguese language book, you’ll find:

   • “Imitated pronunciation” sections that make unfamiliar Portuguese sounds less daunting to English learners
   • Word lists, key phrases and model sentences that build vocabulary 
   • Three self-assessment sections that allow the learner to engage with their own learning, and exercises follow each grammar lesson, reinforcing what has just been taught
   • Includes two mini bilingual dictionaries, meaning you can check words in both English and Portuguese

Speak Portuguese fluently in only 12 weeks! Hugo: Portuguese in 3 Months has a fresh new look and an accompanying audio app to make learning Portuguese easy and fun. This self-study course provides all the resources needed to speak, read and write in Portuguese.

The 12 weekly chapters contain lessons on the key grammatical structures and present a range of useful vocabulary, along with exercises to reinforce your learning. The essentials of Portuguese grammar are clearly explained and tested in conversational exercises, giving you the authentic feel of the language. 

In addition to a written “imitated pronunciation” guide, which replaces Portuguese sounds with English syllables you’re already familiar with, the new audio app also allows you to perfect your pronunciation — at home or on the go.

Whether you’re learning a new language for work, a future holiday, or as a hobby, the Hugo language course series is the perfect place to start. Learn languages like French, Dutch, German or Spanish in only 12 weeks! Each course includes an audio app to help with understanding and pronunciation. Language learning has never been so easy!
Pronunciation 1(14)
Week 1
15(16)
Introduction: some useful phrases
Gender and plural of nouns
Articles: "the," "a," "an," "some"
Greetings, farewells, and polite expressions
Useful verbs: ter and haver
Saying "yes" and "no"
Forming questions
Subject pronouns: "I," "you," "he," "she," etc.
Exercises, vocabulary, conversations & practice
Week 2
31(16)
Ser and estar ("to be")
Adjectives: describing things
Prepositions: "of," "in," "at," "for," etc.
Addressing people using titles
Vocabulary for asking directions
Exercises, vocabulary, conversation & practice
Week 3
47(15)
Present tense (regular verbs)
Asking "how," "when," "where," etc.
Demonstratives: "this," "that," "these," "those"
Exercises, vocabulary, conversation & practice
Week 4
62(18)
Possessives: "my," "mine," "your," "yours," etc.
Numbers
Asking the time
Days, months & seasons
Exercises, vocabulary, conversations & practice
Week 5
80(19)
Forming the feminine
Forming the plural
The preterite
The imperative
Useful verbs: andar and ficar
Exercises, vocabulary, conversation & practice
Week 6
99(20)
The imperfect tense ("was doing," "used to do")
Verbs for expressing "to know,"
"to play," and "to take"
Vocabulary for meals
Adverbs of place ("here," "there")
More on personal pronouns
Exercises, vocabulary & practice
Week 7
119(20)
"Either ... or," "neither ... nor"
More negatives: "nothing," "never," "no one," etc.
The use of ja
"Certain," "few," "all," "some," etc.
Making comparisons ("more/less than," "as ... as," etc.)
Expressions for "love" and "hate"
The future and conditional ("I will ..." "I would ...")
Exercises, vocabulary, conversation & practice
Week 8
139(16)
Past participles (the -ed form, e.g., "talked," etc.)
The present and past perfect ("I have done ...", "I had done ...")
Reflexive verbs (e.g., levantar-se)
Reciprocal forms ("each other," "one another")
The passive
Impersonal verbs (e.g. "it's raining")
Exercises, vocabulary, conversations & practice
Week 9
155(19)
The subjunctive: use and formation
"If" clauses ("if we go, we will ...")
Exercises, vocabulary, conversation & practice
Week 10
174(18)
The personal infinitive
The present participle (the -ing form: e.g., "saying," "doing," etc.)
Uses of the infinitive
Por and para ("for," "to," "along," "through," etc.)
Special uses of the definite article
Exercises, vocabulary, conversations & practice
Week 11
192(6)
Reading practice
Uma viagem pela Europa
Writing letters
Week 12
198(15)
Useful expressions: Expressions linked to certain verbs: dar, deixar, etc.
Portuguese equivalents of some English idioms
More useful words and phrases: Em viagem /Traveling
No consultorio medico / At the doctor's
Dentista / Dentist
No hotel / At the hotel
No restaurante / In the restaurant
As casas e situacoes
Domesticas / House and household situations
Compras / Shopping
Roupa e cores / Clothes and colors
Cabeleireiro / Hairdresser
Divertimentos e desportos / Entertainment and sports
Appendix
213(12)
Verb tables
Verbs requiring prepositions
Key to exercises 225(18)
Mini-dictionary English--Portuguese 243(10)
Index 253
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