Learn Portuguese workbook, level 5 (grades 9–10)

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Real pages from topic 1, “Portuguese indirect object pronouns: lhe, me, te and para ele”. Every topic in the book follows the same steps.

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Each topic builds on the one before it.

1. Portuguese indirect object pronouns: lhe, me, te and para eleUse me, te, lhe and nos as indirect objects with dar, emprestar, mandar, dizer, explicar and contar, use the everyday Brazilian pattern para + person (dei para ele, mandei para você), know that combined pronouns such as lho are rare in Brazil, and place the pronoun before the verb as Brazilians do in speech.
2. Portuguese tenho feito vs fiz: the present perfect and life experiencesForm past participles (feito, dito, visto, escrito, aberto, posto, vindo, ganho, pago, gasto), use tenho + participle only for actions repeated or continuing up to now (tenho estudado, tem chovido), and use the simple past with já, nunca and ainda não for life experiences (Você já foi ao Rio? Nunca comi açaí).
3. Portuguese present subjunctive: quero que você, espero que, tomara queForm the present subjunctive from the eu form (falo, fale; faço, faça; tenho, tenha) and the irregulars seja, esteja, vá, haja, saiba, queira and dê, use it after quero que, espero que, peço que and tomara que when the subject changes, and keep the infinitive when it stays the same.
4. Portuguese subjunctive with feelings, advice and doubt: é importante que, duvido queUse the present subjunctive after emotion (fico feliz que, tenho medo que, me preocupa que), advice and impersonal expressions (é importante que, é melhor que, é preciso que, recomendo que) and doubt or denial (duvido que, não acho que), and the indicative after certainty (acho que, tenho certeza de que), with health advice for teens.
5. Formal requests in Portuguese: o senhor, a senhora, at the doctor and on signsAddress adults with o senhor and a senhora, understand and give formal instructions (Tome o remédio, Aguarde, Não toque, Pode se sentar), soften requests (O senhor poderia...?), describe symptoms with estou com and read public signs (Puxe, Empurre, Saída de emergência, Proibido entrar).
6. Portuguese conditional: eu gostaria, poderia, o que você faria?Form the futuro do pretérito (falaria, comeria, partiria) and the irregular faria, diria and traria, use it for polite requests and wishes (eu gostaria de, você poderia...?), advice (você deveria, no seu lugar eu...) and imagining (O que você faria com mil dólares?), and recognize the everyday eu ia + infinitive.
7. Por vs para in Portuguese: pelo, pela and when to use eachChoose para for destination, recipient, deadline, purpose and opinion, and por for cause, exchange and price, movement through a place, means and per, use the contractions pelo, pela, pelos and pelas, recognize spoken pra, and use fixed expressions such as por favor, por isso, pelo menos, por enquanto and para sempre.
8. Narrating the past in Portuguese: perfeito, imperfeito and estava fazendoNarrate a connected past story with the imperfeito for background (time, weather, feelings, habits), estava + gerúndio for an action in progress, the perfeito for the events that move the story forward, and connectors such as primeiro, enquanto, de repente, então, depois and no fim.
9. Portuguese for part-time jobs: job interviews, precisa-se and formal emailsRead job ads with impersonal se (precisa-se de, contrata-se, vende-se, aluga-se), answer interview questions, use saber for skills and conhecer for people and places, and write a short formal email with Prezado senhor, Escrevo para and Atenciosamente.
10. Giving opinions in Portuguese: acho que, não acho que and debate phrasesGive and support opinions on teen topics (uniforms, phones in class, homework, social media), agree and disagree politely (concordo com você, discordo, você tem razão, depende), use acho que + indicative and não acho que + subjunctive, and link ideas with além disso, porém, no entanto, por isso, por um lado... por outro and em conclusão.
11. Portuguese future subjunctive: quando eu tiver, se você puderForm the futuro do subjuntivo from the eles form of the perfeito (fizeram, fizer; tiveram, tiver; foram, for; puderam, puder; regular verbs look like the infinitive), use it after quando, se, assim que, enquanto, sempre que and depois que for events that have not happened yet, and talk about plans after high school, community projects and the environment.
12. Portuguese reading comprehension: articles and formal lettersRead original short articles, notices and a formal letter about life in Portuguese-speaking countries today, find the main idea and details, infer word meaning from context, use the relative words que, quem, onde and o que, and write a formal letter with greeting, purpose, details and closing.

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