ObjectivesThis course provides a review and expansion of the essential skills of the Portuguese language. Emphasis is on the study of authentic and representative literary and cultural texts. Upon completion, students should be able to communicate effectively, accurately, and creatively about the past, present, and future.
Course description
Subjuntive
Indirect commands
Subjunctive of doubt or probability
Subjunctive of emotion
Verbs of communication
Describing (useful words, structures, and expressions)
Ordinal numbers
More expressions with ter or estar com
The passive voice
Diminutive and augmentative suffixes
Indirect discourse
Reflexive verbs and pronouns
Reflexive pronouns and common reflexive verbs
Reflexive pronouns in relation to infinitives
Reflexive pronouns in relation to the the present participle
Reflexive verbs and the use of some prepositions
Reflexive verbs and the concept of “to become”
Reflexive pronouns and reciprocal actions
The past subjunctive
The past subjunctive of regular verbs
The past subjunctive of some irregular verbs
Uses of the past subjunctive
Talking about the future
The future tense and its uses
Irregular verbs in the future tense
The future perfect
Expressing contrary-to-fact situations
The conditional
Se used with the conditional and past subjunctive
Cultural Component
Assortment of cultural and literary readings, dialogs, and situations