PORTUGUESE A2 CONTENT: KEY POINTS

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In terms of grammar content you will learn:

• Diagonal pronouns such as “comigo, contigo, connosco, com ele”…
• Imperative. This tense is used to give instructions to someone [example: “desculpe” = I am sorry (formal) or “desculpa” = I am sorry (informal)]
• Pretérito Imperfeito (past tense). In Portuguese, we use this tense to talk about many different contexts. EXAMPLES: 1- Order something  in a polite way (example: “queria um café”); 2- Talk about repetitive actions in the past (example: “antigamente ia muito ao cinema”; 3- Inform about our age in the past (example: “tinha 12 anos quanto fui ao Porto”)
• Time prepositions (examples: de manhã = in the morning, à tarde/noite = at night)
• Conditional (example: “gostaria de ir ao Brasil” = I would like to go to Brazil
• Direct and indirect pronouns (example: amo-te = I love you)
• Indefinite pronouns (variable and invariable. A few examples: ninguém, alguém, tudo, nada, outro,..
• “Infinitivo pessoal”. This is a tense that doesn’t exist in any other idiom/language. We usually say that when we use “Infinitivo pessoal” to bend the verb. Example 1 : Para IRMOS ao cinema temos de apanhar o metro; Example 2: “para ires a Lisboa, tens de apanhar o autocarro” = to go to Lisbon you have to catch the bus)
• Partícula apassivante SE. Example: “Vendem-se casas!”
• Regular and irregular Past participles. How to use them, guidelines. Examples: “Eu tenho lido muito”  = I have been reading a lot.