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Colloquial Portuguese THE COLLOQUIAL SERIES Series Adviser: Gary King The following languages are available in the Colloquial series: Afrikaans French Portuguese of Brazil Albanian German Romanian Amharic Greek Russian Arabic (Levantine) Gujarati Scottish Gaelic Arabic of Egypt Hebrew Serbian Arabic of the Gulf and Hindi Slovak Saudi Arabia Hungarian Slovene Basque Icelandic Somali Breton Indonesian Spanish Bulgarian Irish (forthcoming) Spanish of Latin Cambodian Italian America Cantonese Japanese Swahili Catalan Korean Swedish Chinese Latvian Tamil Croatian Lithuanian Thai Czech Malay Turkish Danish Mongolian Ukrainian Dutch Norwegian Urdu English Panjabi Vietnamese Estonian Persian Welsh Filipino Polish Yoruba (forthcoming) Finnish Portuguese COLLOQUIAL 2s series: The Next Step in Language Learning Chinese German (forthcoming) Spanish Dutch Italian Spanish of Latin French Russian America All these Colloquials are available in book & CD packs, or separately. You can order them through your bookseller or via our website www.routledge.com. Colloquial Portuguese A Complete Language Course Second Edition Joao Sampaio and Barbara Mcintyre ~~ ~~o~~!;~~~up lONDON AND NEW YORK First published 1995 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OXl4 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Second edition first published 2002 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 1995, 2002 João Sampaio and Barbara McIntyre The publisher has made every effort to trace copyright holders and would be glad to hear from any who have not been traced. Illustrations by Matthew Crabbe Typeset in Times Ten by The Florence Group, Stoodleigh, Devon All rights reserved . No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Dara A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book has been requested ISBN13: 978-0-415-27441-R (Book) ISBN13: 978-0-415-27776-1 (CDs) ISBN13: 978-0-415-43162-0 (Pack) ISBN13: 978-1-315-74117-8 (eBook Pack) Contents Introduction 1 A guide to pronunciation 3 1 Olci, tudo bem1 Hello, how are you? 7 2 Gosto de viajar I like to travel 27 3 Parabens! Congratulations! 46 4 Desculpe! Excuse me! 64 5 Posso ver .. .1 Can I see ...? 81 6 Uma ida para Lisboa A single to Lisbon 99 7 Nao me sinto bem I don't feel well 115 8 Nao desligue ... Hold on ... 134 9 0 tim de semana The weekend 150 10 Moro num apartamento I live in a flat 170 11 Encontramo-nos mais tarde? Shall we meet later? 186 12 Exmo. Senhor ... Dear Sir ... 202 vi ----------------------------------------- 13 A Internet. . . The Internet .. . 218 Reference grammar 228 Key to exercises 245 Portuguese-English glossary 284 English-Portuguese glossary 299 Topic index 309 Grammatical index 311 Please email [email protected] with proof of purchase to obtain access to the supplementary content for this eBook. An access code and instructions will be provided. Introduction This book has been written to provide a beginners' course in Portuguese suitable for self-study, using a practical and modern method. It consists of thirteen lessons containing dialogues, reading comprehensions and exercises covering essential grammar points and vocabulary. Any differences of grammar and vocabulary found in Brazilian Portuguese are highlighted and the language used is kept simple but idiomatic. A simplified pronunciation guide is included and cassettes accompany the book, which allow you to listen to, and practise speaking, the Portuguese language. The purpose of the course is to provide the student with a sound base of conversational Portuguese in a relatively short period of time, sufficient to cope in general holiday/business situations. The dialogues and reading texts present grammar and vocabulary in a systematic manner and each lesson is built around everyday situ ations such as visiting the bank or buying a drink in a cafe. We recommend studying a little at a time but often - say about an hour a day - but, of course, individual preferences vary. First answer the exercises orally, then write them down before checking in the key at the end of the book. Certain exercises have no key as the answers are usually self-evident. As each lesson is completed, revise with the help of the concluding 'How much can you remember?' section. If you find that you can't remember a partic ular grammar point or structure, go back and revise the relevant part of the lesson before moving on to a new one. All the gram matical points raised are summarized in the compact reference grammar section at the back of the book. Start a notebook for vocabulary, perhaps under different head ings such as 'colours' or 'food', for ease of learning and reference. Two glossaries (Portuguese-English and English-Portuguese) are provided. Keep all your exercises in a second notebook. For help on pronunciation, consult the guide at the beginning of the book 2 and listen carefully to the cassettes which accompany the course. These are, of course, optional but are of great assistance in improving listening and speaking skills. The authors would like to thank Carlos Alves, Eric Smith, Ester Soares, Jane Dennis, Louisa Semlyen, Alberto Simoes, Barclay Duff (for providing a lap-top computer), the Portuguese Tourist Board and our respective wife (Patsy) and husband (Angus) for their encouragement. A special thank you to Maria Cristina Sousa. A guide to pronunciation 1 Vowels a If this is stressed, it is pronounced like the a in father but shorter: fado (pronounced fahdoo ). If it is unstressed, it is pronounced like the e in rather: mesa (pronounced meza) ('table'). a This is pronounced like the e in rather but nasalized: ma~a ('apple'). e 1 If this is stressed, it sounds either like the e in sell: preto (pronounced prehtoo) ('black') or like the ey in prey: saber (pronounced sabeyr) ('to know'). If it is unstressed, it sounds like the ey in prey: bebida (pronounced beybeeda) ('drink'). 2 At the end of a word, e is not pronounced in European Portuguese: tarde (pronounced tard) ('late/afternoon'). In Brazil, however, the final e is pronounced like ee in peep: cidade (pronounced seedahjee) ('city'). 3 The word for 'and', e, is pronounced as ee in sweep. This is pronounced like the e in evil: decidir ('to decide'). When it is unstressed, it sounds like the i in pin: idade (pronounced idahd) ('age'). o If this is stressed or has an acute accent (1), it is pronounced like the o in opera: fome ('hunger'). When it is unstressed, it is pronounced like the oo in book: fato ('suit'). u This is usually pronounced like the oo in roof: rua ('street'). In the following four groups, however, it is not pronounced: gue, gui, que and qui. 2 Consonants b This is pronounced as in bank: obrigado (pronounced obree gahdoo) ('thank you').