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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION    xi

INSTRUCTIONS    xv

BASIC PORTUGUESE YOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

LESSON1    I

1.    THE LETTERS AND SOUNDS    I

LESSON 2    4

(The Letlere and Sounds Cont.)

2.    THE PORTUGUESE ALPHABET    7

3.    REGIONAL DIFFERENCES IN PRONUNCIATION    7

LESSON 3    8

4.    PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE    8

LESSON 4    12

(Pronunciation Practice Com.)

5.    BUILDING UP A VOCABULARY    14

LESSON 5    17

6.    USEFUL WORD GROUPS    17

LESSON 6    21

7.    GOOD MORNING!    21

8.    WHEREIS...?    24

LESSON 7    25

(Whert Is... ? Cont.)

9.    DO YOU HAVE . . . 7    26

10.    WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO EAT?    27

LESSON 8

11.    SOME COMMON VERB FORMS

12.    “THE” AND “A"    33

13.    CONTRACTIONS    34