Portuguese Phrases For Dummies

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SKU: 9780470037508
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By Karen Keller

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Portuguese Phrases For Dummies by Karen Keller is a practical guide designed to help travellers navigate Portuguese-speaking regions confidently. The book provides everyday phrases for various situations like dining, shopping, and emergencies. It offers cultural insights and tips on pronunciation, making it an invaluable companion for adventure-seekers in Portuguese-speaking countries.
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You might enjoy this book if you're planning a trip to a Portuguese-speaking country and want to immerse yourself in local culture with ease. It's a valuable resource for travellers aiming to communicate effectively in Portuguese, covering essential phrases and language tips for common scenarios. Whether you're ordering dinner or asking for directions, you'll find practical guidance to enhance your travel experience.

This guide is the perfect portable language resource for students of Portuguese as well as travelers to Brazil who want to pick up basic language skills. It covers pronunciation, basic grammar, and numbers and highlights the most common and useful phrases for small talk, meals, leisure activities, business, and emergencies.

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Are you thinking about travelling, studying, or working in Portugal or Brazil, but you don’t know any Portuguese? Want to improve your conversation skills with the Portuguese-speaking people in your life? Portuguese Phrases For Dummies is the perfect diving board for anyone looking to communicate and even become fluent in the language.

As the fifth-most widely spoken language in the world, Portuguese can be heard in South America, Africa, Asia, and of course, Portugal. If you want to know basic Portuguese but don’t want a boring textbook that unloads tons of conjugation rules or long lists of words to memorise, then this quick-and-easy phrasebook will get your feet wet without overwhelming you. This friendly book covers a wide array of subjects both helpful and interesting, including:

Numbers, days of the week, measurements, and time
Making friends and small talk
Enjoying every type of meal
Shopping in markets and at stores
Culture, leisure, and activities
Work and transportation
Finding a place to live
Dealing with emergencies
Slang and colloquial terms
Phrases and particles to make you sound like a local!

Knowing these fundamentals, you’ll be able to communicate with Portuguese-speaking people and continue learning about the language and culture. With hundreds of useful phrases at your fingertips, Portuguese Phrases For Dummies will give you a basic comprehension of this beautiful language and have you speaking instantly!

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780470037508

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 January 2007

Country: United States

Imprint: For Dummies

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 107.0mm

Height: 185.0mm

Weight: 181g

Pages: 224

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About the Author

Karen Keller is a journalist who lived and worked in São Paulo, Brazil, for three years. Before moving to Brazil, the California native taught Spanish at a New York City–based foreign-language-education Web site. Keller is also a published travel-guide writer. She currently lives in New Jersey, where she is a local newspaper reporter.