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Contents of Portuguese 1

Contents for:   Portuguese 2


Preface   
Foreword  v
    
UNIT 1   
Programming  1
Pronunciation:   
      1. Nasal om  2
      2. Nasal im  4
      3. dj sound in dia  6
Word Order:   
      Está, sim  7
Pronunciation:   
      1. unaspirated t  10
      2. em diphthong  11
      3. syllable-final r  16
      4. ch sound in noite  20
      5. sh sound in chovendo  21
      6. ão diphthong in não  22
Negation:   
      não for 'no' and 'not'  22
    
UNIT 2   
Programming  25
Part I:   
  obrigado/obrigada  26
  o senhor/a senhora  28, 29
  Pronunciation:   
      1. nh of senhor/senhora  28, 29
      2. o of senhora  29
      3. flapped r of senhora  30
  vai/vou in greetings  32
  Pronunciation:   
      nasal ui diphthong (muito)  34
  Leavetaking  37
  Pronunciation:   
      1. é of até  37
      2. o of logo  38
      3. ã of amanhã  39
Part II:   
  casado/casada  41
  sou  43
  solteiro/solteira  46
  Pronunciation:   
      lh of filho  50
  tem/tenho  50, 51
  Pronunciation:   
      1. 1 of Qual  56
      2. e of velha  56
      3. o of nova  57
      4. r of Maria  58
  chamar-se  61
    
UNIT 3   
Programming  63
Pronunciation:   
      r of Yara  63
conhece/conheço  64
Pronunciation:   
      1. r of professor  67
      2. e of ela  67
      3. e of verb é  68
      4. nh of minha  68
      5. o of nossa  70
      6. r of claro  73
      7. e of essa  75
      8. r of rapaz  75
esse/essa  76
meu/nosso with masculine nouns  78, 79
ele/ela contrast  80
Quem?  83
    
UNIT 4   
Programming  87
Pronunciation:   
      nasal ã  87
do/da showing possession  91
Onde?/Onde está?  95
Responses to Onde?: em, na  96, 97
Exchanges with vai/vou  101
    
UNIT 5   
Programming  107
Pronoun eu  107
vou/vai with infinitive  108
Infinitive = neutral form  110
Neutral forms: -ary -er, -ir  114
Pronunciation:   
      1. j and s of José  115
      2. r and l of Raquel  116
      3. r of Roberto  116
      4. stressed syllable in Inês  117
      5. stressed syllable in Lucia  118
mas (contrastive statements)  119
pretende with infinitives  122
pretendo with infinitives  123, 124
Quando?  127
Responses to Quando?  127
    
UNIT 6   
Programming  135
Pronunciation:   
      syllable-final l  135
Title of respect: dona  136
Title of respect: o senhor  137
quero/quer with infinitives  138, 139
posso/pode with infinitives  146, 147
por que? (Why?)  152
porque (because)  153
com  157
sem  158
    
UNIT 7   
Programming  163
I-forms  163
He-forms  164
We-forms  165
We-forms with infinitives  167
Definite article and indefinite article  167, 168
Pronunciation:   
      flapped r in clusters  169
é que after Onde?  170, 171
Vocé  171, 172
Dialog  173
Supplemental Practices:   
      1. I-form with neutral form  176
      2. We-form with neutral form  177
      3. He-form with neutral form  179
      4. Asking questions  181
      5. Answering questions  182
      6. Practice with  183
      7. Practice with quiser  185
      8. Translation practice  186
    
UNIT 8   
Programming  191
Pronunciation:   
      1. diphthong review  192
      2. open E, closed e  195
Dialog  198
A Look at the Grammar:   
      I. They-forms  200
      II. 'Going to'  205
      III. 'Not' + verb  211
Comprehension  214
Translations  214
    
UNIT 9   
Programming  219
Pronunciation:   
      1. t and ch contrast  219
      2. d and dg contrast  220
Dialog  222
A Look at the Grammar:   
      Classification of Nouns: Gender  224
          Definite articles  228
          Indefinite articles  230
Comprehension  233
Translations  233
    
UNIT 10   
Programming:  236
      I. The Contractions na and no  236
      II. Descriptive Adjectives  240
Dialog  243
A Look at the Grammar:   
      I. Contractions no and na  245
      II. 'Being': ser/estar  245
      III. More contractions: num/numa  252
Comprehension  254
Translations  254
    
UNIT 11   
Programming  257
Pronunciation:   
      Open O; closed o  257
Structure:   
      1. Pluralizing s  259
      2. Voiced/unvoiced contrast  262
      3. Pluralizing z  263
      4. Plural nos, nas, nuns, numas  265
Dialog  269
Some numbers  270
A Look at the Grammar:   
      I. Plural Nouns  270
      II. Gender Agreement   
          Quantos  272
          Meu, minha  274
      III. More contractions   
          do, da, dos, das  275
          dum, duma, duns, dumas  277
Comprehension  278
Translations  278
    
UNIT 12   
Programming:  281
      I. Cognates  281
      II. ter que  286
UNIT 12 (continued)   
Dialog  288
A Look at the Grammar:   
      I. Verbs of -ar type  290
      II. Gostar + de  295
      III. ter que  300
      IV. Negative questions  302
Comprehension  304
Translations  304
    
UNIT 13   
Programming  306
Pronunciation:   
      1. Nasal Vowels  306
      2. Open O; -ar verbs  311
Dialog  313
A Look at the Grammar:   
      I. They-forms of -ar verbs  315
      II. We-forms of -ar verbs  317
      III. Conjunction que  318
Comprehension  322
Translations  322
    
UNIT 14   
Programming:  326
      I. Past tense -ar verbs; I-forms/he-forms  326
      II. Past tense: 'go'; 'have'  330
      III. Contractions ao, à  333
      IV. Contractions nele/nela  334
Dialog  336
A Look at the Grammar:   
      I. Past tense -ar verbs  339
      II. Past tense of 'having'  343
      III. Contractions ao, à  345
      IV. Past tense of 'going'  346
      V. achar que; falar que  347
Comprehension  348
Translations  348
    
UNIT 15   
Programming:  350
      I. -aram ending  352
      II. -amos ending, present and past  354
      III. ir, ter in past  355
      IV. 'we are'; 'they are'  359
      V. saber/conhecer  360
Dialog  361
A Look at the Grammar:   
      I. -ar verbs in past, we-forms and they-forms  365
          With já, ainda não  369
      II. We-forms, they-forms of 'having', 'going' in past  371
      III. Ter, Ser, Estar; we and they-forms, present  374
      IV. Ser for identity  377
      V. Double negative não...nada  380
Comprehension  381
Translations  381
    
UNIT 16   
Programming:  384
      I. -er verbs in past  384
      II. Reflexives  388
      III. pelo/pela  392
Dialog  393
A Look at the Grammar:   
      I. -er verbs in past  396
      II. Telling time  398
      III. Reflexives  403
Comprehension  403
Translations  404
    
UNIT 17   
Programming  408
Pronunciation:   
      1. -ão/ões; cognates  408
      2. -al/-ais; cognates  411
      3. z link before vowels  413
Structure:   
      1. -ir verbs in past  414
      2. de with sair  419
Expansion Exercises:   
      Adverbial Time Expressions  424
Comprehension  426
Translations  426
    
UNIT 18   
Programming  430
Possessives:   
      1. o meu/a minha  431
      2. o seu/a sua  432
      3. o nosso/a nossa  434
      4. o livro dele/a carta dele, etc.  435
      5. o dele/a dele, etc.  437
      6. o (livro) de Paulo, etc.  438
Dialog  441
Supplementary Vocabulary:   
      1. Days of the week  443
      2. Months of the year  443
Expansion Exercises:   
      1. Days and months  443
      2. comprar and mandar  444
      3. a gente 'we'  444
Comprehension  445
Exchanges  445
    
UNIT 19   
Programming  447
Pronunciation:   
      Nasal vowel linked to non-nasal vowel  447
Present tense -ir verbs  450
-ndo form of verb  454
Dialog  458
Expansion Exercises:  460
Comprehension  465
Translations  465
    
UNIT 20   
Programming:  467
      I. Open O and E in -ar and -er verbs  467
      II. este, esse, etc.  476
Dialog  480
Expansion Exercises:   
      1. Common greetings  483
      2. dá para  484
      3. Que + noun!  485
      4-8. Cognates ending in -ao and -al  486
Comprehension  490
Exchanges  490
    
UNIT 21   
Programming:  493
      I. -ava endings  493
      II. Nouns and adjectives ending in stressed -el, -ol, -il, -ul  506
Dialog  512
Expansion Exercises:   
      1. viajar  514
      2. aliás  514
      3. Que (exclamation)  515
Translations  516
    
UNIT 22   
Programming:  518
      -ia endings  518
Dialog  531
Expansion Exercises:   
      1. Common First Names  534
      2. Name Combinations  535
      3. vender  535
Translations  536
    
UNIT 23   
Programming:  540
      I. era, etc.  540
      II. tinha, etc.  541
      III. estava, etc.  544
      IV. 'Past description'  546
      V. pretendia, etc.  548
      VI. queria, etc.  549
      VII. ia, etc.  550
      VIII. tinha que, etc.  551
      IX. sabia, etc.  552
Dialog  554
Expansion Exercises:   
      1. reparar  555
      2. procurar  555
      3. perder-se  556
      4. o dinheiro dá  556
      5. More Names   
          A. First Names  558
          B. Family Names  558
Translations  559
    
UNIT 24   
Programming:  563
      I. Unstressed -el and -il endings  563
      II. Open O and closed o in certain adjectives  573
Dialog  580
Expansion Exercises:   
      1. acabar + -ndo  582
      2. precisar  582
      3. More Family Names  583
Exchanges  585
    
UNIT 25   
REVIEW   
      Outline of Review  591
    
Portuguese-English Vocabulary  633
    
Index of Grammatical and Topical Features  641
    
Instructor's Guide to the Accompanying Recordings  647