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LESSON 26

52.    CALL1NG ON SOMEONE

53.    LETTERS AND TELEGRAMS

LESSON 27

54.    GETTING AROUND

55.    PLEASE

56.    SOME USEFUL EXPRESSIONS LESSON 28

{Some Useful Expressions Cont.)

57.    WHO? WHAT? WHEN?

LESSON 29

(Who? What? When? Cont.)

58.    LIKING AND DISLIKING

LESSON30    133

(Liking and Disliking Cont.)

59.    IN. TO, FROM    136

LESSON 31    137

(In. To. From Cont.)

LESSON 32    143

60.    ASK1NG YOUR WAY    143

LESSON 33    146

(Asking Your Way Cont.)

61.    WRITING, PHON1NG. TELEGRAPH1NG    147

LESSON 34    150

62.    FAMILY AFFA1RS    . 150

LESSON 35    155

63.    COMPRAS (SHOPP1NG)    155

64.    O CAFE DA MANHA ® (O PEQUENO ALMOęO ®)

(BREAKFAST)    161

65.    CAR DA PIO ® (EMENTA ®) A SAMPLE MENU    166

LESSON 36    J 66

66.    PROCURANDO APARTAMENTO

(APARTMENT HUNTING)    '    166

67.    SOME COMMON VERBS    174

LESSON 37    181

68.    NAO SOU DAQUI (I’M A STRANGER HERE)    181

LESSON 38    188

69.    CUMPRIMENTANDO UM VELHO AMIGO

(GREETING AN OLD FRIEND)    188

70.    THE MOST COMMON VERBS AND THEIR FORMS 197

LESSON 39    208

71.    WHAT'S IN A NAME?    208

LESSON 40    211

72.    PORTUGUESE IN A LIGHTER VEIN    211

73.    IMPORTANT S1GNS    216

SUMMARY OF PORTUGUESE GRAMMAR

1.    THE ALPHABET    223

2.    PRONUNCIATION    223

3.    STRESS    228

4.    PUNCTUATION    228

5.    SOME ORTHOGRAPH1C SIGNS    229

6.    SYLLABLE DIV1S10N    231

7.    THE DEF1N1TE ARTICLE    232

8.    THE 1NDEFINITE ARTICLE    234

9.    CONTRACTIONS    235

10.    DAYS OF THE WEEK    236

11.    THE NAMES OF THE MONTHS    237

12.    THE NAMES OF THE SEASONS    237

13.    MASCULINE AND FEM1NINE    238

14.    THE PLURAL    240

15.    THE POSSESSlVE    241

16.    ADJECTIVES    242

17.    POSITION OF ADJECTIYES    244