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222 CONYERSATIONAL PORTUGUESE

21. Vamos_(to have dinner).

a.    jantar

b.    almoęar

c.    mostrar

22.    Sao_(2:15).

a.    duas e meia

b.    duas e ąuinze

c.    duas e cinco

23. Venka_(tomorrow moming).

a.    ontem pela manka

b.    amanhd pela manka

c.    amanhd ao meio-dia

24.    Em que_____ (can I) servi-lo?

a.    pode

b.    chamo

c.    posso

25.    Nao_(has) importancia.

a.    tenha

b.    tern

c.    houve

ANSWERS

I    b.; 2 a.; 3 b.; 4 c.; 5 a.; 6 c.; 7 a.; 8 a.; 9 a.; 10 c.;

II    a.; 12 a.; 13 b.; 14 a.; 15 a.; 16 b.; 17 c.; 18 b.; 19 b.; 20 a.; 21 a.; 22 b.; 23 b.; 24 c.; 25 b.

SUMMARY OF PORTUGUESE GRAMMAR

1. THE ALPHABET

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Name	Letter	Name	Letter	Name
a	i	i	r	erre
be	j	jota	s	esse
ce	i	ele	t	te
de	m	eme	u	u
ć	n	ene	V	ve
efe	0	ó	X	xis
g$	P	p€	z	z e
agi		que

b

g

h

2. PRONUNCIATION

SIMPLE yOWELS¹

j a (1) in a stressed position it is “open” as in ah or father.

(2) in unstressed positions and in the case of the article a and its plural as (“the”) it tends to be morę “closed” like the finał a in America (this is particularly true in Portugal and in generał with unstressed finał a).

e (1) “open” as in best; e has this sound.

(2) “closed” somewhat between the sound of a in case and e in fez; e has this sound; so does nasal e.

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Also see Lessons 1 and 3 of Conversation Manuał.