Mars - Portuguese Language for Foreigners

P ortuguese Language for Foreigners: The Complete Beginners Guide to Learning Portuguese and Traveling in Portugal as Presented by the Worlds Best Universities Copyright Neil Mars, 2017 (1st Ed.) All Rights Reserved. Cover Photo Via Pixabay CC0. Published by 22 Lions T his book is a compilation of texts, exercises, and a vast amount resources as used in the best universities to teach Portuguese to Foreigners. It includes the most effective methods to learn the Portuguese Language, either alone or with the help of a partner. Its also an excellent manual to help Portuguese Language Teachers and Lecturers in the Classroom.

This book is based on an extensive experience teaching Portuguese to foreign students, creating the first Portuguese Departments for several Chinese Universities, and most importantly, based on the insights acquired through cooperations with the Universities of Guangdong, Harbin, Jilin and Shanghai, in China. During these years, the author researched everything that exists in the market to teach the Portuguese Language, and thats why he knows that you wont ever find a manual for the teaching of the Portuguese Language that can guarantee you faster and better results, but also more motivating and interesting than what is presented here. Moreover, during his experience as a lecturer, the author was considered one of the most efficient Language Teachers in China, recommended by the Portuguese Embassy as one of their best lecturers ever, and his students were known for winning multiple national awards related to speech, translation, interpretation and writing competitions, and also known for being the fastest at language learning. Many of them became fluent Portuguese speakers in just one month. Today, these formers students are managers, entrepreneurs, translators, interpreters, and employees of some of the best and most popular companies around the world, including futebol teams, and in countries as diversified as Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, Spain, Saudi Arabia, China, England and the USA, among many others.

L et us start by becoming familiar with the language and let it be part of our daily life.

The following is a list of famous Portuguese singers and songs. Please find them, buy them, and download them. For now, I only require that you listen and choose the ones you like the most. You can start with one song only. Find the lyrics at the end of this book, translate them to English to understand the basic meaning behind the words, and practice singing your song while you cook and drive. Adriana - Em contramo Amlia Rodrigues - Lisboa Antiga Anjos - Eu estou aqui Anjos - Faz-me acreditar no amor Antnio Variaes - Cano do Engate Boss AC - Que Deus? Boss AC - No Sou o nico Carlos Paio - Cinderela Carlos Paio - Playback Cristina Branco - Ai Margarida Daniela Mercury - Nobre Vagabundo Daniela Mercury - Rapunzel Daniela Mercury - Vide Gal Da Vinci - Conquistador Diana Lucas - Tu corres em mim Diana Lucas - Pontas soltas Dulce Pontes - Cano do Mar Dulce Pontes - Lusitana Paixo Dzrt - Enquanto no vencer FF - O jogo recomea GNR - Efectivamente Helena Caspurro - Se...

Heris do Mar - Paixo Humanos - Maria Albertina Joo Pedro Pais - A palma e a mo Joo Pedro Pais - Louco por ti Joo Pedro Pais - Mentira Joo Pedro Pais - Nada de nada Joo Pedro Pais - No h ningum como tu Jos Afonso - Comboio descendente Just Girls - A vida te espera Just Girls - Bye bye (vou-me divertir) Just Girls - H um lugar Just Girls - No te deixes vencer Just Girls - O jogo j comeou Just Girls - Pensar em ti Lus Represas - Perdidamente Madredeus - O Pastor Mafalda Veiga - Pssaros do Sul Mariza - Fado Triste Mickael Carreira - No voltes agora Moonspell - Os Senhores da Guerra Paulo de Carvalho - E depois do adeus Pedro Khima - D-me sede Quinta do Bill - O homem do leme Rita Guerra - A bela e o monstro Rio Grande - Postal dos correios Rui Veloso - No h estrelas no cu Salvador Sobral - Amar pelos dois Santa Maria - S uma noite contigo Sara Tavares - Chamar a Msica Silence 4 - Eu no sei dizer Silence 4 - Sextos Sentidos Tiago Bettencourt - O jogo Tony Carreira - A vida que eu escolhi Tony Carreira - Se me vais deixar Xutos & Pontaps - Contentores Zeca Afonso - Grndola Vila Morena

P honetic Training - Treino de Fontica Exercise 1: Use the following board to practice your spelling. Simply combine the letters. Ex: AE, EE, IE, OE, UE,... EA, EE, EI, EO, EU,...

A	E	I	O	U
E
I
O
U

Exercise 2: Use the following board to practice your spelling as before. This time, using a combination of words as presented.

Ex: Ola, ole, oli, olo and olu,...

OLA	E	I	O	U
OLE
OLI
OLO
OLU

Exercise 3: Continue the previous exercise, by using the two rows. Follow it until you reach letter u. Ex: Olala, olale, olali, olalo, olalu,... olela, olele, oleli, olelo, olulu. Yes: Sim. No: No. No: No.

That depends: Depende. I dont know: No sei. Maybe: Talvez. True: Verdade. Not true: No verdade. With pleasure: Com prazer.

Please: Por favor. Thank you: Obrigado. Excuse me: Desculpe. May I?: Posso? Congratulations: Parabns! Good luck: Boa sorte! Where?: Onde? When?: Quando? Why?: Porqu? What?: Qu? Who?: Quem? How?: Como? How many?: Quantos? I feel unwell: No me sinto bem. I feel ill: Sinto-me doente. I have a headache: Tenho uma dor de cabea.