Lesson p030

30    CONYERSATIONAL PORTUGUESE

9. Preciso de sabonete.	9.	What will you have?
10. Traga-me pao.	10.	dessert
11. cafecomleite	li.	meat
12. aęttcar	12.	a knife
13. verduras (łegumes)	13.	cggs
14. uma xicara de cha	14.	Bring me some bread.
15. um pouco mais de	15.	chicketi
pao
16. uma faea	16.	a cup of tea
17. sobremesa	17.	some morę bread
18. o cafe da manka	18.	sugar
(o peąueno almoęo)
19. uma colher	19.	a bottle of winę
20. A conta, faz favor.	20.	potatoes

ANSWERS

1—U; 2—20; 3—2; 4—9; 5—13; 6—15; 7—1; 8—19; 9—4; 10-14; 11—8; 12-18; 13—3; 14—16; 15—17; 16—12; 17—10; 18—6; 19—7; 20—5,

LESSON 8

11. SOME COMMON VERB FORMS

(InirwlitetiDiu)

This lesson and several that follow are longer than the others. They contain information about grammar you need to know from the start. Try to understand each point, and as the course continues observe examples of the points mentioned. Refer back to the sections on grammar as often as nećessary. Try to develop an understanding and feeling for the basie features of Portuguese grammar rather than a mere memoriza-tion of “rules.”

SINGULA.R

eu falo (tu falas) file¹ fala ela fala o senhor fala a senhora fala voce fala

I speak

you speak (familiar) he speaks she speaks you speak (masc.) you speak (fem.) you speak

PLURAL

nós falamos (vós falais) files¹ falam elas falam os senhores falam as senhoras falam voces falam

The forms in parentheses

we speak (you speak) they speak (masc.) they speak (fem.) you speak (masc.) you speak (fem.) you speak

are generally to be avoided.

NOTES

1.    These forms, which make up the present tense, translate English “I speak/* “I am speaking,” “I do speak.”

2.    Tu “you” is used in very familiar speech, as be-tween members of a family, and between very close friends. It is used much less in Brazil than in Portugal, Brazilians tending to use voce in cases not calling for o senhor or a senhora. The plural vós is rarely used in Brazil today, being considered fairly archaic, voces generally taking