Fernanda Ferreira - The Everything Brazilian Portuguese Phrase Book: Learn Basic Brazilian Portuguese Phrases--For Any Situation!

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PHRASE BOOK
Dear Reader, Tudo bem? Thank you for picking up The EverythingBrazilian Portuguese Phrase Book, my third book with Adams Media. In it you will find the most helpful expressions and advice for successful communication in Brazilian Portuguese while traveling. When I was preparing to write this book, I thought about being a tourist myself. When I visit a new country, even though I might not speak the language fluently, it makes me feel good when I make an effort to communicate in the language of the locals. Its not just a question of pride; its a deep respect for the culture I am experiencing. I hope this book will provide you with the tools to feel that same way.

Try hard to use as much Portuguese as you can while travelingyoull find that Brazilians are generally very receptive to your efforts to speak their language. TheSeries!
These handy, accessible books give you all you need to tackle a difficult project, gain a new hobby, or even brush up on something you learned back in school but have since forgotten. You can read from cover to cover or just pick out information from our four useful boxes. Alerts: Urgent warnings Essentials: Quick handy tips Facts: Important snippets of information Questions: Answers to common questions When youre done reading, you can finally say you know EVERYTHING!
PUBLISHER Karen Cooper MANAGING EDITOR, EVERYTHING SERIES Lisa Laing COPY CHIEF Casey Ebert ASSOCIATE PRODUCTION EDITOR Mary Beth Dolan ACQUISITIONS EDITOR Kate Powers ASSOCIATE DEVELOPMENT EDITOR Eileen Mullan EVERYTHING SERIES COVER DESIGNER Erin Alexander Visit the entire Everything series at www.everything.comBrazilian
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Learn basic Brazilian Portuguese phrasesfor any situation!
Fernanda Ferreira, PhD
To Shannon, who always has the right phrase at the right time.

Many thanks to Kate Powers and to all of the folks at Adams Media for their guidance along the way. Lisa Laing took on responsibilities when Kate left to pursue her academic dreams; thank you. Many of my friendsJessie Bel, Anne Doyle, Viviane Gontijo, Lori Lecomte, Cristina Perissinotto, and Yulia Stakhnevichhelped me write this book by creating an intricate system of rewards that consisted of Friday night outings, Saturday brunches, Sunday trips to the beach, and occasional drives to ice cream stands.

Shannon Fuller made sure that I followed the steps in order while writing the book. Elizabeth Wilson kept me sane, on a weekly basis. Last but not least, Floyd Ferreira took care of the house while I was away. Thank you.

Portuguese is spoken by close to 200 million people, in far-reaching parts of the globe, such as Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, and even Goa (India) and Macau (China). Brazil is by far the largest and most populated country where Portuguese is the official language.

Thus, many people are interested in learning the Brazilian dialect. There are significant differences between the Brazilian and the European dialect, such as vocabulary, pronunciation, and word order. Nevertheless, with a lot of patience and repetition, speakers of each dialect can understand each other. If you picked up this book because you are traveling to Brazil, that was an excellent choice. If you decide to travel to Portugal, you can still use this book and apply some of the same useful phrases.

Have you ever listened to a bossa nova love song and wondered what the lyrics mean? Perhaps after years of careful contemplation, you finally booked that dream vacation to Brazil, and you want to learn how to speak like a native Brazilian. Have you ever listened to a bossa nova love song and wondered what the lyrics mean? Perhaps after years of careful contemplation, you finally booked that dream vacation to Brazil, and you want to learn how to speak like a native Brazilian.

Maybe your grandparents emigrated from the Azores, Madeira, or Portugal, and you always wanted to write to them in their language. Or you might even be interested in learning Portuguese phrases to communicate with your coworkers or people you meet during a vacation. Many people in the world speak Portuguese. You might be interested to know that many African and Asian countries have Portuguese as their official language. In addition, there is a growing Portuguese-speaking population in the United States. And because it is such an uncommonly taught language, learning a few phrases from this beautiful language will certainly impress your friends and family; it will help you understand the lyrics of famous bossa nova songs or the prose of an incredibly diverse body of literature.

Whatever the reason, be it personal enrichment, learning more about the diversity of Latin America, or discovering new worlds of cuisine, literature, and history, learning how to communicate in Brazilian Portuguese is a great step in your life. So put on your samba shoes and lets get started!

Portuguese is a Romance language, which does not mean that it is full of loving words, but simply that it originated from Latin, the language of the Roman Empire. Along with other Romance languages, Portuguese came from Vulgar Latin, which simply meant that it was the common, everyday speech of soldiers, farmers, settlers, and slaves of the Roman Empire. Romance languages include Italian, French, Spanish, Galician, Romanian, and Catalan. There are also minority languages such as Occitan, Provenal, Friulian, and Ladin, among many other tongues whose origins can be traced back to Latin. With the decline of the Roman Empire in the fifth century, Vulgar Latin began to change slowly, taking on the diverse features and styles of the localities where it was spoken, thus generating the incredible array of Romance languages.

The Visigoths, a group of barbaric tribes that invaded the Iberian Peninsula, added to the development of Portuguese and Spanish.