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Summary: A Good First Edition
Review: A good book and a necessity to serious Portuguese students. It is inferior to 501 Spanish Verbs and 501 French verbs though, both of which are in their fourth editions. 501 Portugues Verbs lacks features like the additional "1,000 verbs conjugated like modal verbs...", verb drills and curiously, even a summary of meanings and uses of all tenses! All Barron's (the publisher) needed to do was to look at their other language editions to see how to create 501 Portuguese Verbs. They didn't though. This first edition is worth the money but future editions will hopefully be better.
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Summary: Excellent verb reference
Review: A large number of fully conjugated Portugese verbs. Most useful though is the examples of usage at the bottom of each page. One note to remember - this is Portugal Portuguese and not Brazilian Portuguese. Brazilian Portuguese students will still find the book useful, but remember to ignore the "tu" tense and remember that the imperative is different in Brazilian Portuguese.
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Summary: Parabens, quase perfeito!
Review: An excellent book, one of my always-at-hand references.
The examples are particularly useful, and entertaining too, (e.g. Mostrar: "eu mostro o meu, se você mostrar o seu")!!Criticisms? mostly minor and academic. Although some common verbs may have predictable conjugations, examples of use would have been handy (e.g. colocar, conseguir). Some head definitions are a bit light (e.g. andar is given solely as "to walk"). On a few pages some of the groups have been wrongly titled, (e.g. apoiar, perder, ver). Grrr, as if VER isn't enough of a problem already! No mention is made of the small number of verbs that have defective conjugations for grammatical reasons, and are traps for the student, (e.g. colorir, adequar, demolir). Well worth owning.
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Summary: Comprehensive, enlightening, essential reference.
Review: Arm yourself with verbs. The nouns will come in time,
and adjectives and adverbs are a more advanced tool that you
will naturally acquire through extensive reading and speaking. No, to gain fluency and functionality, you need verbs. This book is a collection of 501 Portuguese verbs, with full
conjugations listed and some very informative usage examples below each listing. Each verb takes up a page, has the English definition at the top, and lists the usage examples at the bottom. The index at the end of the book lists verbs in English, then in Portuguese, providing an excellent method for finding your verb choice even if you are a Portueguse student learning English. Yes, I meant exactly that: in learning Portuguese, I have found it helpful and enlightening to see what English words a Portuguese-speaker might choose, as it gives me insight into what a native might feel is the best translation of an idea. The best feature of this book, however, is the front matter. It explains each conjugation in depth, because if you are anything like me, you've forgotten exactly what a future subjunctive is. Heck, I don't even know if I've used a grammatical term there or not; good thing I bought this book though, because it'll tell me in plain terms what I need to know. This is truly a five-star reference. A comprehensive dictionary would surpass it in coverage, but from the perspective of learning Portuguese, this book has no peer.
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Summary: Comprehensive, enlightening, essential reference.
Review: Arm yourself with verbs. The nouns will come in time,
and adjectives and adverbs are a more advanced tool that you
will naturally acquire through extensive reading and speaking. No, to gain fluency and functionality, you need verbs. This book is a collection of 501 Portuguese verbs, with full
conjugations listed and some very informative usage examples below each listing. Each verb takes up a page, has the English definition at the top, and lists the usage examples at the bottom. The index at the end of the book lists verbs in English, then in Portuguese, providing an excellent method for finding your verb choice even if you are a Portueguse student learning English. Yes, I meant exactly that: in learning Portuguese, I have found it helpful and enlightening to see what English words a Portuguese-speaker might choose, as it gives me insight into what a native might feel is the best translation of an idea. The best feature of this book, however, is the front matter. It explains each conjugation in depth, because if you are anything like me, you've forgotten exactly what a future subjunctive is. Heck, I don't even know if I've used a grammatical term there or not; good thing I bought this book though, because it'll tell me in plain terms what I need to know. This is truly a five-star reference. A comprehensive dictionary would surpass it in coverage, but from the perspective of learning Portuguese, this book has no peer.
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Summary: I use this book constantly
Review: As well as a complete list of conjugations there are examples of how to use the verb on every page. I found these examples to be very helpful in comprehending the grammar. My only complaint is that there isn't a 1001 Portuguese Verbs book.
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Summary: Both sides of the Atlantic
Review: First, this book contains a tremendous amount of information on Portuguese verbs, in my view, fundamentally all you need to know. Secondly, it has the advantage of catering for European and Brazilian Portuguese. You don't have to buy two different books. In this respect, it is a Perfect Partner of Collins dictionaries and of Manuela Cook's new Portuguese a complete course in understanding speaking and writing, Hodder Teach Yourself books, 2002. In my experience they form a good trio. I would recommend all three as a complete package when you want to learn Portuguese for Europe, South America or some African countries.
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Summary: Both sides of the Atlantic
Review: First, this book contains a tremendous amount of information on verbs, in my view, fundamentally all you need to know. Secondly, it has the great advantage of considering both European and Brazilian Portuguese. You don't have to buy two different books! I would recommend this book to be used together with Manuela Cook's recent book Portuguese a complete course in understanding speaking and writing (just the book or better the book-audio pack). They have in common catering for the Portuguese of Portugal, Brazil and elsewhere in the world where this language is used. I would say that they are Perfect Partners.
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Summary: Otimo!
Review: Great if you're learning Portuguese The verb tense are all here (probably more infomation than you really need) The sentences are a great help. Organazation is A+. A must for anyone learning portuguese.
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Summary: Useful but not a must have....
Review: I am living in Brasil and using a variety of language learning books and methods. I pick this book up occasionally to see the spelling of a new verb or to find its conjugation if its irregular. It makes it handy to have the book but its info I could easily find with internet research or asking a friend. One point Id like to make is included under each verb is a variety of sample uses. Sentences with the verb being used in various ways. I wrote some of these sentences down on index cards to study. My friend here in Brazil saw these cards, and commented on how formal and archaic the phrases were. He said no one really speaks like that in everyday situations. Just a heads up.
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