Index to Topics
TRADITIONAL GRAMMAR TOPICS
TOPIC LESSON # |
Accentuation and stress intro 11-20 |
Adjectives in the diminutive 11 |
Adjectives: physical descriptions 1 |
Adjectives: position 2 |
Adverbs 5, 7, 20 |
Adverbs in the diminutive 13 |
Alphabet 2, 15 |
Answers, affirmative 4 |
Answers, negative 4 |
Articles: definite 1 |
Articles: indefinite 1 |
Attention: “Bem x bom, mau x mal” 17 |
Attention: “Cadê” 16 |
Attention: “copo & xícara” 4 |
Attention: “Ficar and Ser” (indicating location) 5 |
Attention: “Há x A” 16 |
Attention: “Há x Faz” referring to past time 16 |
Attention: “muito x muitos” 20 |
Attention: “o andar x verb andar” 2 |
Attention: “O caixa x a caixa” 11 |
Attention: “pedir x perguntar” 12 |
Attention: “saber & poder” 13 |
Attention: “saber x conhecer” 13 |
Attention: “todo mundo x mundo todo” 3 |
Attention: “viagem x viajem” 20 |
Attention: “É permitido & É proibido” 9 |
Attention: “Há x A” 16 |
Attention: uses of verb “Ter” 17 |
Comparisons 19 |
Demonstratives 3 |
Dictionary, use of. intro to 11-20 |
Diminutives 3 |
Expressions: “de mão cheia” 3 |
Expressions: “estar morto de” 13 |
Expressions: “ter sorte/azar” 20 |
Frequency terms 13 |
Gender of nouns 1 |
Graphic signs intro 1-10 |
Indefinite pronouns: “tudo, todo, todas…” 15 |
Interrogative words: “quanto; cadê…” 16 |
Names and nicknames (suffixes “inho” and “zinho”) 1 |
Negative words: “nenhum, ninguém…” 8 |
Numbers: fractions and multiplication 15, 19 |
Numbers: 1-10 4 |
Numbers: 1-100 5, 7 |
Numbers: hundreds, millions, billions 11 |
Numbers: ordinals 8, 19 |
Object pronoun: lhe 3 |
Object pronouns: “a, lo, no…” 18 |
Object pronouns: “para mim, conosco…” 16 |
Object pronouns: direct, indirect 4 |
Object pronouns, informal use 15 |
Or… or, neither… nor 20 |
Passive voice 14, 16 |
Personal pronouns 1 |
Personal pronouns used as object of preposition 16 |
Personal pronouns: A GENTE 2 |
Personal pronouns: IT 2 |
Phonetics: “ão” 11 |
Phonetics: consonant “C and Ç “ 1 |
Phonetics: consonant “L” 1 |
Phonetics: the “nasal vowels” 3 |
Phonetics: the consonant “H” 2 |
Phonetics: the consonants “D and T” 19; intro 11-20 |
Phonetics: the consonants “R” or “RR” 7 |
Phonetics: the sounds of the “X” 7, 8 |
Phonetics: vowel “E” at the end of a word intro 11-20 |
Phonetics: vowel “O” at the end of a word intro 11-20 |
Phonetics: vowels; oral vowel sounds 1 |
Plural of nouns 1, 7 |
Plural of nouns ending in “ão” 11 |
Portuguese language intro 1-10 |
Portuguese words of English and French origin 12 |
Possessives 2 |
Preposition “de” and “de” + articles (do, da, dos, das) 5 |
Preposition “para” + definite articles 1 |
Prepositions “a” and “para” and “a” + articles (à, às, ao, aos) 5, 6, 7 |
Prepositions “para” x “por” 5 |
Prepositions: “em” + articles (no, na, nos, nas) 1 |
Prepositions: “para x p’ra” 16 |
Prepositions: before, after 16 |
Pronouns of Address: “seu, dona” 3 |
Pronouns, relative 20 |
Pronouns: impersonal “se” 19 |
Reflexive verbs / pronouns 14 |
Requests in Portuguese 11 |
Slang: Legal! 3 |
Slang: Um barato! 2 |
Suffixes and professions 3 |
Superlative 19 |
Tag questions 2 |
Time expressions 17 |
Time expressions: to be early/late 7 |
Transition and linking expressions 14, 19 |
Verbs conjugated: Abrir 2 |
Verbs conjugated: Andar 2 |
Verbs conjugated: Chamar 3 |
Verbs conjugated: Chamar-se 3 |
Verbs conjugated: Conhecer 3, 13 |
Verbs conjugated: Estar 5 |
Verbs conjugated: Falar 6 |
Verbs conjugated: Gostar de 9 |
Verbs conjugated: Ir 1 |
Verbs conjugated: Olhar 6 |
Verbs conjugated: Ouvir 3 |
Verbs conjugated: Poder 3, 13 |
Verbs conjugated: Por 5 |
Verbs conjugated: Retirar 11 |
Verbs conjugated: Saber 13 |
Verbs conjugated: Sacar 11 |
Verbs conjugated: Ser x Estar 4 |
Verbs conjugated: Ser 1 |
Verbs conjugated: Ter 3 |
Verbs conjugated: Tocar 2 |
Verbs conjugated: Tomar 5 |
Verbs conjugated: Trazer 8 |
Verbs conjugated: Vir 3 |
Verbs: compound tenses 16 |
Verbs: conditional tense/fut.pret. 11 |
Verbs: future tense (with IR) 4 |
Verbs: future 12 |
Verbs: imperative tense and command forms 6, 7 |
Verbs: imperfect tense 9 |
Verbs: past participle 10 |
Verbs: past tense 6, 10 |
Verbs: present participle 5 |
Verbs: present progressive 5 |
Verbs: present progressive: estamos saindo/chegando 7 |
Verbs: present tense of regular verbs 2 |
Verbs: reflexive verbs 7, 9 |
Verbs: subjunctive future 19 |
Verbs: subjunctive imperfect 17 |
Verbs: subjunctive present 14 |
Verbs: there is, there are 9, 16 |
VOCABULARY
TOPIC LESSON # |
Addresses 8 |
Amazon rain forest and river 18 |
Animals 16, 18 |
Banking 11 |
Beach house and activities 16 |
Body parts 17 |
Colors 4, 5 |
Countries, nationalities, languages 2 |
Courses and schedules at the University 8 |
Dates 8 |
Days of the week 8 |
Drinks 4, 9 |
Family 3 |
Feelings 4 |
Food and meals 4, 5, 6 |
Hotel 18 |
Signs 13 |
Letters and post cards 10 |
Marital status 3 |
Means of transportation 7 |
Measures of distance 16 |
Money 8 |
Months of the year 8, 12 |
Numbers 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 15, 19 |
House 5 |
Personal identification 8 |
Physical descriptions 1 |
Professions 3 |
Restaurants and bars 9 |
Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo 19 |
Seasons of the year 12 |
Sports and health 13 |
Weather, temperature (Celsius x Fahrenheit) 12 |
Telephone 4 |
Bus 7 |
Post office 10 |
Weights and measurements 15 |
USING Portuguese IN INTERACTIONS
TOPIC LESSON # |
Asking directions 8 |
Asking how much things cost, money 7 |
Asking information 8 |
Asking permission to pass through people 7 |
Banking 11 |
Calling peoples’ attention 6 |
Clarification #1, asking for (what…?) 1 |
Clarification #2, asking for (how do you say…?) 2 |
Compliments, replying to 2 |
Congratulating, wishing happy birthday 10 |
Drawing someone’s attention 1 |
Driving and taking care of a car 16 |
Excusing yourself 1 |
Expressing surprise / admiration 2 |
Feelings, expressing your 4, 17 |
Going to social clubs, doing sports 13 |
Going to the doctor, buying medicine 17 |
Greetings 1, 3, 4 |
Hotel, staying at, making reservations, etc. 18 |
Introducing one person to another 3, 9 |
Introducing yourself 1 |
Letters, writing and sending, 10 |
Making indirect requests in Portuguese 11 |
Making international phone calls 4 |
Offering and requesting food 6 |
Offering, reply to 4, 6 |
Ordering food and drinks 4, 9 |
Ordering snacks 12 |
Paying the bill 9 |
Personal identification 8 |
Plane, flying in a 20 |
Replying to other peoples’ excuses 1 |
Riding the bus 7 |
Saying cheers! 9 |
Saying good-bye 7 |
Sending mail 10 |
Shopping for clothing and shoes 12 |
Shopping for food 15 |
Showing a house 5 |
Talking about festivals and celebrations 14 |
Talking about fictitious things 11 |
Talking about the weather 12 |
Telling the time 5, 6 |
Welcoming people 1 |
CULTURAL NOTES
TOPIC LESSON # |
Brazilian cities: Manaus 18 |
Brazilian cities: Recife 1 |
Brazilian cities: Rio de Janeiro 19 |
Brazilian cities: São Paulo 19 |
Brazilian things: airlines 1 |
Brazilian things: Amazon rain forest 18 |
Brazilian things: Amazon river 18 |
Brazilian things: bakery 15 |
Brazilian things: bank checks, deposit slips 11 |
Brazilian things: banking hours, ATMs 11 |
Brazilian things: beach house 15 |
Brazilian things: beach wrap 12 |
Brazilian things: beach’s calçadão 13 |
Brazilian things: beaches and “Yemanjá” 19 |
Brazilian things: boyfriend/girlfriend 9 |
Brazilian things: buses in Brazil 7 |
Brazilian things: business hours 12 |
Brazilian things: cafezinho 6 |
Brazilian things: capoeira 13 |
Brazilian things: carnival’s blocos 14 |
Brazilian things: carnival’s costumes 14 |
Brazilian things: CEP 8 |
Brazilian things: Christmas dinner 14 |
Brazilian things: clothing and shoes 12 |
Brazilian things: coconut 16 |
Brazilian things: cook 5 |
Brazilian things: Copacabana beach 19 |
Brazilian things: currency 7 |
Brazilian things: daily newspapers 20 |
Brazilian things: dance: forró 9 |
Brazilian things: dancing 19 |
Brazilian things: doces 6 |
Brazilian things: drinking water 4 |
Brazilian things: early or late 1, 7 |
Brazilian things: family 3, 6 |
Brazilian things: fashion 12 |
Brazilian things: feijoada 6 |
Brazilian things: food in the north 18 |
Brazilian things: fruit juices 4 |
Brazilian things: full names 8 |
Brazilian things: gestures gestures |
Brazilian things: god parents 19 |
Brazilian things: maid 3 |
Brazilian things: meals 6 |
Brazilian things: medical records 17 |
Brazilian things: medicines 17 |
Brazilian things: music 16 |
Brazilian things: names and nicknames 1, 9 |
Brazilian things: Olinda e Recife’s carnival 14 |
Brazilian things: photocopies 8 |
Brazilian things: public fairs 15 |
Brazilian things: Rio’s beaches 19 |
Brazilian things: Salvador’s carnival 14 |
Brazilian things: samba schools 14 |
Brazilian things: Santa Claus 14 |
Brazilian things: São João 14 |
Brazilian things: school year 20 |
Brazilian things: shopping centers 12 |
Brazilian things: slums 19 |
Brazilian things: snack bar 12 |
Brazilian things: soccer 13 |
Brazilian things: Sta. Teresa Hills 19 |
Brazilian things: summer vacation 16 |
Brazilian things: Tijuca forest 19 |
Brazilian things: weather 12 |
