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Essential Portuguese Grammar (Dover Books on Language)

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EDITORIAL REVIEW

This logical, developmental presentation of the major aspects of Portuguese grammar includes all the necessary tools for speech and comprehension. Designed for adults with limited learning time who wish to acquire the basics of everyday Portuguese, this grammar features numerous shortcuts and timesavers. Ideal as an introduction, supplement, or refresher.

PRODUCT DETAILS

Publisher: Dover Publications
Pub. Date: 1st June 1966
Catalog: Book
Media: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 114
Ean: 9780486216508
Isbn: 0486216500

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USER REVIEWS

Helpful grammar review
~ Written on Sep 25, 2008. out of users found this review helpful.

This book is a very fast read and is a quick way to gain insight into the grammar of the Portuguese language.

Especially good for spanish speakers
~ Written on Aug 18, 2008. out of users found this review helpful.

Detailed and especially good for spanish speakers who start with a huge vocab advantage but who fall into the trap of "pidgin" portuguese (or portugnol) and want to snap OUT!!

Portuguese language
~ Written on Jul 13, 2008. out of 1 users found this review helpful.

Portuguese grammar is terribly difficult. Though I am a native speaker, and have studied in Brazil, I was never really able to master the grammar rules. This book came handy to me.

The Best Portuguese Grammar I've Seen
~ Written on Apr 23, 2008. 2 out of 2 users found this review helpful.

"Essential Portuguese Grammar" is the best book about Portuguese grammar I've seen. I studied Spanish before I decided to study Portuguese, so it was a lot easier to absorb the information in this book. If you've never studied a foreign language before, you may want to brush on your English grammar first.

Here is a list of the items in this book:

Introduction
Word Order
How to Form Questions
Nouns and Articles
Adjectives
Adverbs
Comparisons of Adjectives and Adverbs
Expressing Posession
Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns
Personal Pronouns
Negatives
"Que"
Prepositions (para and por)
Verbs and Verbs Tenses

There are more sub-sections in the book, but there are too many to list here. Portuguese and Spanish grammar have something in common. Students of both languages have trouble understanding certain grammatical concepts: the written accents, ser/estar, para/por, imperfect/preterit, and the subjunctive. However, Portuguese still uses the future subjunctive, which is hardly ever used in modern Spanish.

Brandon Simpson

great (short!) grammar book
~ Written on Jan 14, 2008. 1 out of 1 users found this review helpful.

It's a great little grammar book that gives you all the essentials. It's especially helpful if you already know Spanish. It focuses on Brazilian Portuguese, but it clearly makes note of significant differences between Continental and Brazilian Portuguese.

The way that the book is organized was really easy to follow. Although, to really learn the rules, the same page must be reviewed or studied several times. I wish they made a workbook to go with it. Anyway, it's a great learner's tool and quick grammar reference.

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