Summary p260

260 CONYERSATIONAL PORTUGUESE

la (acold)	there (morę remote)
adiante	. forward, ahead
atrds	behind
dentro	inside
fora	outside
debaixo (x = sh)	below, down
perto	near
longe	far
abaixo (x=sh)	below, under
acima	above
dverbs of ąuantity:
muito	very, much
pouco	little
mais	morę
me nos	less
ąuanto	how much
tao	so
tanio	so much
de mais, muito	too much
só, sómente	only
apenas	only
ąuase	almost
bastante	enough
dverbs expressing affirmation:
sim	yes
tambem	also
verdadeiramente	truły
certamente	truły, certainly
claro	certainly, of course
pois nao!	certainly, of course

8. Adverbs expressing negation:

nao nunca ja nao ainda nao nem

nem... nem

no, not never

no longer, not now

not yet

nor

neither ... nor

9,

“Herc” and “there”:

Aąui “here” refers to something near the speaker.

At “there” refers to something near the person spoken to.

Cd “here” expresses motion toward the speaker.

Ali “there” refers to something away from the speaker and from the person spoken to.

La (acola) “there” refers to something morę re-mote.

See CM section 31, Lessons 13 and 14, for ex-amples.

24. DIMINUTIVES AND AUGMENTATIYES

1. Certain endings, such as inho, ote, ete, and ilho imply smallness, daintiness, or even affection:

urn pouco    a little

um pouąuinho    a little bit

cat

kitten

gato

gatinha