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COLLOQUIAL

PORTUGUESE






By

MARIA EMiLIA DE ALVELOS NAAR
M.A., University of Lisbon





















LONDON: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd
NEW YORK: Dover Publications Inc
First published 1968 in Great Britain by
Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited
Broadway House, 68-74 Carter Lane
London, EC4 V 5EL and in the USA by Dover Publications Inc
180 Varick Street
New York 10014
Second edition 1972
Third edition 1974
Copyright Maria Emflia De Alvelos Naar 1968

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from
the publisher, except for the quotation of brief passages In criticism
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 67-30490
UK ISBN 0 7100 7170 4 (c) UK ISBN 0 7100 7450 6 (p) USA ISBN 0 486 21924 0

















Printed in Great Britain
By Unwin Brothers Limited
The Gresham Press, Old Woking, Surrey, England
A member of the Staples Printing Group
CONTENTS

PREFACE page vii

PRONUNCIATION 1

LESSON 1
Definite and Indefinite Articles-Nouns and Adjectives-
Negative and Interrogative Forms-Present Indicative-
Forms of Address-Verbs 'Ser' and 'Estar'-Vocabulary
-Conversation
13
LESSON 2
Verbs 'Ter' and 'Haver'-Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns-Interrogative and Relative Adjectives and Pronouns-Numbers-Vocabulary-Conversation 27

LESSON 3
Command form (Imperative)-Object and Reflexive
Pronouns-Vocabulary-Conversation 39

LESSON 4
Past Definite Tense-Degree of Adjectives=Augmenta-
tives and Diminutives-Vocabulary-Conversation 49

LESSON 5
Imperfect Tense-Demonstrative Adjectives and Pro-
nouns-Vocabulary~Conversation 57

LESSON 6
Perfect, Future and Conditional Tenses-Special uses of
the Definite Article-Vocabulary-Conversation 66

LESSON 7
Present Subjunctive-Plural of Nouns-Vocabulary- Conversation 7&
Vt CONTENTS

LESSON 8
Imperfect and Future Subjunctive-'If' Clauses-
Vocabulary-Conversation page 88

LESSON 9
The Infinitive-Personal Infinitive-Present Participle- Prepositions-Verbs with Prepositions-Vocabulary-
The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance 96

LESSON 10
Correspondence-Commercial and Financial Terms- Vocabulary-Extract 107

LESSON 11
Portuguese and Brazilian Money-Weights and Measures
-Food and Drink-Vocabulary-Extract 118

LESSON 12
Travel Terms-At the Doctor's-Useful Shopping
Terms, etc.-Vocabulary-Extract 129

APPENDIX I
Idiomatic Expressions-Revision Exercises

APPENDIX II
Table of Regular and Irregular Verbs-Verbs with

145
Radical Variations 159

VOCABULARIO 170
PREFACE

Whenever I am introduced as a teacher of Portuguese, someone invariably remarks, 'Oh, from what I hear, Portuguese is a very difficult language.'
One of the objectives of this small book is to dispel this belief,
but its main objective is to assist those choosing my country for a holiday or retirement and to help people with business dealings in Portugal.
Colloquial Portuguese is divided into three main parts: (1) Grammar, (2) Dialogues and Reading Practice, and (3) Phrase
Book. In the grammar section, only essential points are dealt with,
each lesson being accompanied by an exercise. General revision exercises are included in Appendix I. The dialogues, in idiomatic Portuguese (often with alternative words in brackets), are simple and direct, and each concerns a particular situation or topic. The reading practice is designed to give students an outline of the Portuguese and Brazilian personality, and an insight into our ideas about English people. Busin