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Informationen zum Autor Helena Tostevin teaches Portuguese at the University of Surrey. Manuela Cook has worked at the University of Wolverhampton and is the author of language courses and other materials for the learning of Portuguese. Klappentext Do you have a working knowledge of Portuguese, but want to improve? Allow this book to come to your rescue and eliminate basic errors and slips of the pen. Each one of 50 top tips for improving your spoken and written Portuguese is presented and analyzed across a whole double page, with explanations as to where and why people sometimes go wrong. The tips are grouped into grammar, spelling, false friends, pronunciation and cultural faux pas sections.Polish your Portuguese with this brand new series from Teach Yourself - the No. 1 brand in language learning. 50 Ways to Improve your Portuguese touches all essential bases and is divided into the following easily digestible sections:InsightsInstant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on Manuela Cook and Helena Tostevin's many years of experience.SummariesQuick refreshers to help you remember the key facts.GrammarEasy-to-follow building blocks to give you a clear understanding.PronunciationDon't sound like a tourist - polish your pronunciation before you go.Download our free app, Teach Yourself Library, from the App Store or Google Play to access the free audio. Avoid sounding like a beginner with these 50 top tips for improving your spoken and written Portuguese. Zusammenfassung Avoid sounding like a beginner with these 50 top tips for improving your spoken and written Portuguese. Inhaltsverzeichnis : Meet the authors: Only got a minute?: Only got 5 minutes?: Only got 10 minutes?: How to use this book: Sounding right: pronunciation and spelling: 1 Two by two … and golden silence (‘h’, ‘ch’, nh, ‘lh’ – what they stand for): 2 A hiss, a buzz and a shush (Sounds shown by ‘s’ and ‘z’): 3 Let’s slide, rock and roll (The values of ‘s’, ‘ss’, ‘r’, ‘rr’): 4 Play hard or not but mind the tail (Sounds spelt with ‘qu’, ‘g’, ‘gu’, ‘c’ and ‘ç’): 5 A DJ and a xylophone in a taxi (Spellings ‘t’, ‘d’, ‘x’ and their sounds): 6 Surf the sound waves (Nasal sounds): 7 High and low (Upper and lower case letters): 8 Beat the drums (Stress and graphic accent): 9 Make a difference (Accurate spelling): 10 Tune yourself to success (Subtle sounds): Getting the structure right: 11a Eu viajo frequentemente entre o Brasil e Portugal I travel frequently between Brazil and Portugal (The definite article): 11b Eu vou passar as férias com a minha amiga I am going to spend my holidays with my friend (The definite article continued): 12 Cem carros em meia hora, que boa ideia! A hundred cars in half an hour, what a good idea! (The indefinite article): 13 Li o jornal durante a viagem I read the paper on the journey (Gender and nouns): 14 O que é isto? Um chapéu vermelho! What is this? A red hat! (Gender and different words): 15 Aquela estudante europeia tem uma irmã dentistaThat European female student has a sister who is a dentist (Changing masculine to feminine): 16 Eles compraram dez pães e dois guarda-chuvas azuisThey bought ten bread loaves and two blue umbrellas (Plurals)17 Bom dia e um dia bom!Good morning, and: a nice day! (Word order in nouns and adjectives): 18a A casa nova é bonita The new house looks nice (Gender and number agreement): 18b As portas estão fechadas e as janelas abertas The doors are closed and the windows open (Gender and number agreement): 19 No fim daquela rua, à direita At the bottom of that road, on your right (Contracted words and agreement): Possessives, personal and other pronouns – usage, agreement and word order: 20 Meus senhores e minhas senhoras Ladies and gentlemen (Possessives and agreement): 21 Esta é uma das minhas malas This is one of my suitcases (Possessives with o/a and um/uma)22: Não saia sem o guarda-chuva Don’t go out without your umbrella (No possessives...
