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A1 Sich vorstellen, fragen, Alltägliches sagen.
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- 1ser — being what staysSix forms, none regular — and no article in front of your job.
- 2estar — being what passesestar a plus the infinitive is your -ing form, built out of a preposition.
- 3ser or estar« The soup is cold » is either a recipe or a complaint, and here you have to say which.
- 4ter — what English says with « be »You are twenty; here you have twenty years.
- 5há — there is« There is » and « there are » are the same word, and it never goes plural.
- 6The verbs in -arYour only ending is an -s on « he » — and here the -s belongs to « you ».
- 7The verbs in -er and -irTwo groups, and they part company in exactly one form.
- 8The six that do it all differentlySix verbs — and one of them has the only infinitive in the language ending in -or.
- 9o, a, os, asFour forms, and nothing about the next word decides which — only the noun's own gender.
- 10do, na, ao, peloFive prepositions swallow the article, and the unfused form does not exist.
- 11The indefinite article« She is a doctor » loses its article — and an adjective brings it back.
- 12Masculine or feminineEnglish has no gender to transfer — but four words in five say theirs out loud.
- 13The pluralAdding -s is the reflex, and it fails on animal, homem and hotel.
- 14AgreementFour forms if it ends in -o, two if it does not — and a two-word colour has one.
- 15Whose it isseu is not « his » — it is « your », and « his » goes behind the noun.
- 16Asking a questionThe voice goes up and the sentence stays as it is.
- 17não in front of the verbOne word before the verb — and « yes » is answered with the verb itself.
- 18The question words« What is your name? » asks with « which » here.
- 19The pretérito perfeitoNo auxiliary at all — there is nothing to choose and nothing to put in front.
- 20ir plus the infinitiveGoing to, minus the to.
- 21poder and quererThese conjugate all the way through; « can » cannot even manage a participle.
- 22Where and where toYour single « to » is two here, and the difference is whether you come back.
- 23The three that carry everythingThe fusion is compulsory: there is no de o, no em o, no a o.
- 24The three forms of addressThree ways of saying « you », and the polite one conjugates like « he ».
- 25The phrases you need every day« Thank you » changes with who is speaking, not with who is thanked.
A2 Über Vergangenes sprechen und Vorhaben äußern.
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- 26The stem changersOne form changes and five do not — and the temptation is to change all six.
- 27estar a — what is going on right nowYour -ing form is compulsory; this one is an emphasis, and using it for a habit says something odd.
- 28Where an article stands and English has none« The my car » is the ordinary way to say it here.
- 29In front of countries, cities and namesPortugal takes none and Brazil takes one — and the exceptions are a short list.
- 30The words in -ãoThree plurals for one ending — and mãos and mães are not the same word.
- 31The diminutive that makes nothing smallerIt reaches adverbs too — and sozinho no longer means « a bit alone ».
- 32The owner comes last« Pedro's car » is o carro do Pedro — with an article inside the fusion.
- 33Where the adjective standsYour one position is the marked one here.
- 34ComparingEverything takes mais — except the four words you use most.
- 35The superlative that compares nothingOne of the two compares with somebody; the other compares with nobody.
- 36From adjective to adverb« Drive fast » has no counterpart here — and -mente hangs on the feminine.
- 37This, that — and the third oneYou have two distances; here there are three, and the middle one belongs to the person you are talking to.
- 38The object pronounsIt hangs on the back with a hyphen — and the verb loses a letter to make room.
- 39mim, ti, comigocomigo is one word, and you cannot see the com in it.
- 40The double negativeWhere the negative word stands decides whether não is there at all.
- 41The imperfeitoFour irregular verbs in the whole tense — and it doubles as the polite « I would like ».
- 42Which of the twoLength is the wrong test, and « for ten years » is the sentence that proves it.
- 43The irregular forms of the perfeitoOne form belongs to two verbs: fui is « I was » and « I went ».
- 44The Presente for the futureEnglish splits this between two presents; Portuguese has one.
- 45The imperative for tuYour bare verb; here it is the « he speaks » form.
- 46The form for você and o senhorOne form for asking, telling and the instructions on a packet.
- 47The order with a pronoun on itTwo pronouns can fuse into one word: dá-mo.
- 48The three ways of saying « must »« Have to », « must » and « need » — the same three, cut along a different line.
- 49saber and conhecerAnd in the past they stop meaning know and start meaning found out and met.
- 50Asking politelyWhere English reaches for « would », this reaches for a past tense.
- 51Verbs with a fixed preposition« I like fish » has no preposition; gosto de peixe cannot do without one.
- 52The forms that soften the tonePoliteness is a verb form here, not a word added to the end.
- 53The reflexive verbs« I wash myself » is a strange thing to say; lavo-me is not.
- 54que and quemThe same word introduces « that he came » and « the man that came ».
- 55The bare infinitive« Can » is three different verbs here.
- 56gostar and the verbs built the other way round« I like » keeps its subject here; « I need » and « I feel like » lose theirs.
- 57ficarWhere the station is, and what you became — one verb for both.
- 58Capitals, and the marks between wordsYour quotation marks are not used here, and dialogue opens with a dash.
B1 Zusammenhänge erklären, begründen, berichten.
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- 59When only the spelling changesTwo of these rules add a letter and two swap one — and none of them is an irregularity.
- 60When the gender is the meaning« Capital » is one word in English too — here the article separates the two.
- 61Compound nounsYour two nouns swap places and a de appears between them — and it is always de.
- 62When many count as onea gente means « we » and takes the verb form of « he ».
- 63Professions in the feminineThe -ista group behaves like every English job title: only the article moves.
- 64When the pronoun moves to the frontFive kinds of word pull it forward, and they are in every other sentence.
- 65The question inside a sentenceYou already know to undo the inversion; here there is none — what goes is the é que.
- 66What happened before the pastThere is a one-word version, falara, that you need to read and never to say.
- 67The futuro simplesThe future you would only ever write.
- 68The condicional« Would » does four jobs in English; this form takes two of them.
- 69Which future fitsThe form nearest your grammar book is the one you will use least.
- 70The future after quando and seEnglish forbids a future after « when »; Portuguese demands a tense of its own.
- 71The negative orderThe polarity changes the form for a friend and leaves it alone for a stranger.
- 72Not having to and not being allowed toThe two halves differ by a preposition: não tens de against não podes.
- 73dever for a guessDuty or guess is decided by the word after it, not by the verb.
- 74Advising and recommendingThree weights of advice, and the heaviest is already a reproach.
- 75por or paraOne English « for » where Portuguese has a reason and a destination.
- 76The preposition attached to the adjectiveThree prepositions carry nearly all of them, and yours is no guide.
- 77Address without a pronounThe politest address contains no word for « you » at all.
- 78The se with no personThe verb agrees with the thing sold: vende-se casa, vendem-se casas.
- 79When two people do the same to each other« Get on well » is dar-se bem — a reflexive where English has none.
- 80When the se changes the meaningThe same verb twice: esquecer takes an object, esquecer-se takes a preposition.
- 81The passive with serThe participle agrees like an adjective, which English participles never do.
- 82The passive with seThis is the one you will actually hear — and it cannot name who did it.
- 83State rather than eventAfter estar it is simply an adjective — you can put « very » in front of it.
- 84The formsBuilt from the « I » form, which is why the irregular verbs come out right.
- 85What triggers the subjunctiveIt is a list of trigger words, not a feeling — and « I don't think » is on it.
- 86The possible condition« If I have time » takes a form here that English cannot even name.
- 87The words that join clauses« Although » takes a subjunctive; « despite » takes an infinitive that carries its own subject.
- 88Passing on a statementThe listener is hung onto the verb — and one word unhooks it.
- 89Passing on a request« He told us to wait » leaves out who waits. Here the verb says it.
- 90When the verb carries the adverb« Again » and « these days » are not words here — they are verbs.
- 91The infinitive with a« Going to » is here just going, with nothing in between.
- 92The infinitive with de« I have just arrived » is a verb here, not an adverb.
- 93Verbs that take a, de and emOne verb, three continuations — and « to finish » is none of them.
- 94Adjective and noun before the infinitive« Something to drink » picks its own preposition, and « to » does not say which.
- 95estar a and the gerúndioYou already make this difference; here it is built two different ways.
- 96The accentsThe accent writes a different word, and both words exist.
- 97Portugal and Brazil, gathered in one placeYou already live with lift and elevator — same split, same rule: pick one.
B2 Genau werden: Haltung, Abstufung, Nebensatz.
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- 98The form that is not a pastIt looks exactly like « I have spoken » and means « I keep speaking ».
- 99The future that is not one« Onde estarão as chaves? » is a question English cannot ask this way.
- 100The Futuro compostoTwo jobs: what will be done by Friday, and what probably happened yesterday.
- 101Modals in the past« Wouldn't » means refused in English too — and here it is a tense.
- 102The third way: they with no who« I was told » cannot be built here; « they told me » stands in its place.
- 103The future subjunctiveThe one form to be learnt from nothing: no English word corresponds to it.
- 104The Conjuntivo in the past« If I were » is the survivor; here that same mood has a full set of forms.
- 105The unreal condition« If I were » extended to every verb — and the main clause has two right answers.
- 106Conditions without seOnly se takes the future subjunctive; the others take the present one.
- 107Mixed conditionsThe condition is in the past and the consequence is now — English mixes them too.
- 108Wishes and regretsThere is no verb for « I wish »: two phrases do the work, and one is Arabic.
- 109The personal infinitive« Before we leave » is one word here — an infinitive with a person on it.
- 110The relative pronouns beyond que« Whose » agrees with the thing owned, not the owner.
- 111The tense steps backThree of your past forms arrive here as one.
- 112Passing on a questionOne se does two jobs, and only one of them takes that tense.
- 113The reporting verbs« Say » and « tell » are one verb, and a pronoun carries the difference.
- 114Having it done and letting it happen« Let » and « leave » are one verb here.
C1 Das Feine: Ton, Register, seltene Formen.
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- 115The pronoun in the middleA pronoun wedged into the middle of the verb — English has nothing remotely like it.
- 116Rules and signs« No smoking » is a gerund; here the sign takes an infinitive.
- 117The condition that is over« If I had known, I would have come » — the same shape, and the participle never moves.
- 118Connectors instead of se« Provided that » is desde que — and with the wrong mood it means « since ».
- 119Moving the subject« Your mother did » has no equivalent; here the answer is the word order.
- 120The nominal style« After leaving » has no form here, so the choice is a noun or a clause.
- 121Hedging and softeningYour hedging sits in a modal verb; here it sits in which word you pick — and it changes the mood.