Portuguese : A Reference Manual.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- THE PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING WORLD -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS, SYMBOLS, AND DIACRITICAL MARKS -- PHONETIC SYMBOLS -- LINGUISTIC AND GRAMMATICAL TERMS IN ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE -- DEFINITIONS OF LINGUISTIC AND GRAMMATICAL TERMS -- ORTHOGRAPHIC REFORMS -- SOUND SYSTEM -- ORAL VOWELS -- ORAL DIPHTHONGS -- NASAL VOWELS -- NASAL DIPHTHONGS -- PORTUGUESE AND CORRESPONDING SPANISH VOWELS AND DIPHTHONGS -- CONSONANTS -- WRITING SYSTEM AND ACCENTUATION -- ALPHABET -- LETTERS USED TO TRANSCRIBE PORTUGUESE SOUNDS -- CAPITALIZATION -- PUNCTUATION MARKS AND COMMONLY USED TYPOGRAPHIC SYMBOLS -- DIACRITICAL MARKS -- SYLLABLES AND WORD DIVISION -- STRESS AND ACCENTUATION -- WORDS STRESSED ON THE SECOND-TO-LAST SYLLABLE (PROPAROXYTONES) -- WORDS STRESSED ON THE NEXT-TO-LAST SYLLABLE (PAROXYTONES) -- WORDS STRESSED ON THE LAST SYLLABLE (OXYTONES) -- PORTUGUESE, SPANISH, AND ENGLISH COGNATES -- COGNATES -- PORTUGUESE AND CORRESPONDING SPANISH AND ENGLISH SOUNDS AND LETTERS -- PORTUGUESE AND CORRESPONDING SPANISH SOUNDS AND LETTERS -- PORTUGUESE AND CORRESPONDING SPANISH AND ENGLISH PREFIXES -- PORTUGUESE AND CORRESPONDING SPANISH AND ENGLISH SUFFIXES -- DIFFERENCES IN STRESS BETWEEN PORTUGUESE AND SPANISH COGNATES -- TRUE, PARTIAL, AND FALSE COGNATES -- GRAMMATICAL CATEGORIES -- ARTICLES -- DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES -- CONTRACTIONS OF PREPOSITIONS WITH ARTICLES -- NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES -- ADJECTIVES -- PLURAL OF NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES -- GENDER OF NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES -- DIFFERENCES IN GENDERBETWEEN PORTUGUESE AND SPANISH NOUN COGNATES -- PLACEMENT OF ADJECTIVES WITH NOUNS -- DIMINUTIVES AND AUGMENTATIVES -- NUMBERS AND NUMERALS -- ADVERBS -- COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES -- COMPARISONS OF EQUALITY -- COMPARISONS OF SUPERIORITY AND INFERIORITY -- RELATIVE SUPERLATIVES -- ABSOLUTE SUPERLATIVES -- PERSONAL PRONOUNS.

SUBJECT PRONOUNS -- FORMS OF ADDRESS -- PREPOSITIONAL PRONOUNS AND CONTRACTIONS WITH PREPOSITIONS -- DIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS -- INDIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS -- PLACEMENT OF OBJECT PRONOUNS -- REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS AND VERBS -- POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES AND PRONOUNS -- DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES AND PRONOUNS -- CONTRACTIONS OF PREPOSITIONS WITH DEMONSTRATIVES -- RELATIVE WORDS -- INTERROGATIVE WORDS -- AFFIRMATIVE, NEGATIVE, AND INDEFINITE WORDS -- PREPOSITIONS -- VERBS AND CORRESPONDING PREPOSITIONS -- CONJUNCTIONS -- VERBS -- IMPERSONAL AND PERSONAL INFINITIVE -- PAST PARTICIPLE AND COMPOUND TENSES AND FORMS -- PASSIVE VOICE -- INDICATIVE MOOD -- PRESENT TENSE -- FORMS -- USES -- PRESENT PERFECT TENSE -- IMPERFECT (PRETERITE PERFECT) TENSE -- FORMS -- USES -- PRETERITE (PRETERITE PERFECT) TENSE -- FORMS -- USES -- PRETERITE VERSUS IMPERFECT -- SIMPLE AND COMPOUND PAST PERFECT (PLUPERFECT) TENSE -- FUTURE TENSE -- FUTURE PERFECT TENSE -- CONDITIONAL TENSE -- CONDITIONAL PERFECT TENSE -- SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD -- PRESENT TENSE -- PRESENT PERFECT TENSE -- PAST (IMPERFECT) TENSE -- PAST PERFECT (PLUPERFECT) TENSE -- FUTURE TENSE -- FUTURE PERFECT TENSE -- SUBJUNCTIVE IN SUBORDINATE CLAUSES -- SUBJUNCTIVE IN NOUN CLAUSES -- SUBJUNCTIVE IN ADJECTIVE CLAUSES -- SUBJUNCTIVE IN ADVERB CLAUSES -- SUBJUNCTIVE IN CONDITIONAL SENTENCES -- SUBJUNCTIVE IN COMMON EXPRESSIONS -- PRESENT PARTICIPLE AND PROGRESSIVE TENSES AND FORMS -- IMPERATIVE MOOD -- IMPERSONAL VERBS AND EXPRESSIONS -- VERBS THAT TAKE AN INDIRECT OBJECT WITHOUT A DIRECT OBJECT -- SER VERSUS ESTAR -- FICAR -- TER AND HAVER -- HAVER AND FAZER IN EXPRESSIONS OF TIME -- ACABAR -- SABER VERSUS CONHECER -- VERB AND OTHER GRAMMAR CHARTS -- REGULAR VERBS: DERIVATION OF TENSES AND FORMS -- REGULAR VERBS -- IRREGULAR VERBS -- VERB TENSES AND FORMS -- PRESENT INDICATIVE -- IMPERFECT (PRETERITE IMPERFECT) INDICATIVE.

PRETERITE (PRETERITE PERFECT) INDICATIVE -- SIMPLE PAST PERFECT (PLUPERFECT) INDICATIVE -- FUTURE INDICATIVE -- CONDITIONAL -- PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE -- PAST (IMPERFECT) SUBJUNCTIVE -- FUTURE SUBJUNCTIVE -- PERSONAL INFINITIVE -- PAST PARTICIPLE -- COMPOUND TENSES -- PRESENT PARTICIPLE AND PROGRESSIVE TENSES -- IMPERATIVE (COMMAND FORMS) -- VERBS AND EXPRESSIONS THAT REQUIRE THE SUBJUNCTIVE -- PERSONAL PRONOUNS AND POSSESSIVES -- CONTRACTIONS OF DIRECT WITH INDIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS -- DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES AND PRONOUNS, AND CONTRACTIONS -- CONTRACTIONS OF PREPOSITIONS -- RELATIVE WORDS -- INTERROGATIVE WORDS -- AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE WORDS -- INDEFINITE WORDS -- IRREGULAR COMPARATIVES AND RELATIVE SUPERLATIVES -- SYNTHETIC" ABSOLUTE SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES -- ADVERBS AND ADVERB PHRASES -- PREPOSITIONS -- VERB LIST -- WORKS CONSULTED -- REFERENCE WORKS -- TEXTBOOKS -- INDEX OF TOPICS -- INDEX OF PORTUGUESE WORDS AND PHRASES.

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