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tuguese, but of every other language, chiefly confift in the proper arrangement and judicious interfperfion of thefe words.

In the Third Part is a larger collection than hitherto published of the terms of Trade, War, Navigation, &c. which the prefent intercourse between the two nations renders particularly useful.

Having found a great difficulty of procuring Portuguese books in this country, I have been commonly obliged to furnish with part of my private collection those Gentlemen whom I have had the honour of affifting in the study of this language, during my refidence here; therefore, in the Fourth Part I have given fome paffages felected out of the best Portuguese Authors, and which will, at the fame time, facilitate the reading of their most eminent Hiftorians, fuch as Goes, Barros, Pinto, &c. whofe Orthography differs confiderably from the more modern.

CONTENT S.

PART I.

OF the Portuguese Alphabet, and the Manner of pro-
nouncing each separate Letter.

Page 1

Of the Manner of Pronouncing the Portuguese Letters

as combined in Syllables.

Of the Articles.

Of the Nouns.

Of the Pronouns.

Of Verbs.

Of the Participles.

Of the Adverbs.

Of the Prepofitions.

Of the Conjunctions.

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25

44

113

114

117

118

120

Interjective Particles.

Some Abreviations used in the Portuguese Language. 121

PART II.

Of the Divifion of Syntax.

Of the Syntax of Articles.

122

126

Of the Syntax of Nouns, and first of the Subftan-

tives.

131.

Of the Syntax of Adjectives.

132

Of the Syntax of the Comparatives and Superlatives. 135

Of Prepofitions.

Of the Portuguese Orthography.

Of the Quantity of Syllables, and their Sound. 213

Etymology of the Portuguefe Tongue from the Latin. 219

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153

191

PART III.

The most elegant Phrafes of the Portuguese Lan-

guage.

A Vocabulary of Words much used in Difcourfe.

Of the Portuguese Coin.

A Collection of Portuguese Proverbs.

Familiar Dialogues.

PART IV.

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253

310

ibid.

320

Several useful and entertaining Paffages, whereof

the greatest Part is collected from the best Portu-

guefe Writers, as Andrade, Barros, &c.

336

ERRAT A.

Page 7. line 6. for paixão read faixam. P. 111. 6. for o feu read feu. P. 21.

1. 33. for duos read dous. P. 26. 1. 20. for moftraite read móftrate. P. 31. 1. 14.

for as read os. P. 34. 1. 25. for palaeras read palavras. P. 38. 1. 26. for os

Cofiumes read o procedimento. P. 48. 1. 16. for teriamos read teriamos. P. 49.

1. 9. after fupine infert, It is fupplied in Portuguese by the prepofitions a or

para, and the verb in the infinitive; as, P. 52. 1. 28. for estajamos read efteja-

P. 56. 1. 3. for vertude read virtude, 1. 21. for remo read remos, and 1. 28.

for im read em. P. 66. 1. 2 and 3. for venedra, venedras, read vendera, venderas.

P. 69. 1. 26. for admittiffimos read admittillemos. P. 78. 1. 20. for trarie read

travei. P. 93. 1. 20. for pedis read pedi. P. 95. 1. 18. for repetifti read repe-

tifte. P. 108. 1. 28. for bao read nam. P. 116. 1. 11 and 12. for premeiro read

primeiro, P. 117. 1. 2. for prigo read perigo. P. 128. 1. 22. for de read do.

and 1. 23. for probe read pobre. P. 129. I. 8. for image read imagem. P. 141.

1. 30. for Cami read Caminho. P. 150. 1. 7. for pofieque read poftoque. P.151.

1. 16. for he spoke read I spoke. P. 161. 1. 20. for a legria read alegria. P. 162.

1. 21. for prejencia read prefença; and 1. 34. for deluvio read diluvio. P. 185.

1. 33
for him read me. P. 188. 1. 35. for Aifto read A ifto. P. 190. 1. 15.

for jeito read geito. P. 243. 1. 28. for fabia read faya. P. 245, I. after

call infert one names. P. 248. 1. 28. for foi read fei. P. 249. 1. 22. for su read

feu; 1. 30. for vente read vinte; and 1. 35. for quirtas read quantas. P. 254.

1.21. for meye read meyo. P. 274. 1. 38. for barta read barbas. P. 296. 1. 17.

for lançao read lançam. P. 302. 1. 21. for acção read argain. P. 306. 1. 45. for

oufa read coufa. P. 337. 1. 13. for paco read paço. P. 342. 1. for maneia read

maneira.

A NEW

PORTUGUESE

GRAMMAR.

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PART I

СНАР. I.

Of the Portuguese Alphabet, and the Manner of pronouncing each Separate Letter.

HE Portuguese alphabet contains twentyfour letters, viz.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, L, M,' ......N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, X, Y, Z. The A is expreffed by a found like that of a in the English words at, rat, fat, &c. B is expreffed by a found like that of the be in the first fyllable of the English word Betty.

C is expreffed by a found like that of the first fyllable of the English word celebrated.

D is expreffed by a found like that of the first fyllable of the word declare.

E is expreffed by a found like that we give to the English a when we pronounce the word care.

F is expreffed by the fame found as in English. G is expreffed by a found like that of the first fyllable in the English word generation.

His expreffed by a found like that of the English word aghaft, if you cut off the two laft letters ft, and keep the accent upon the fecond a.

I is expreffed by the found of our ee.

J is called j confoante, i. e. the j confonant, which appellation we must read ee confoante, and has the fame power as the g before e or i.

L, as in English.

M, as in English.
N, as in English.

O has nearly the fame found as in the English word ftore.

P is expreffed by a found like that of pe in the English word penny.

Qis expreffed by a found like that of the Englifh k.

R is expreffed by a found like that of the Englifh participle erred, if you cut off the laft letter d. S'as in English.

T is expreffed by a found like that of tha in the English word Thames.

U is expreffed by a found like that of oo in the English word poop.

V is expreffed by a found like that of 00; they call it alfo oo confoante, that is, the v'confonant. X is expreffed by a found like that of our pronoun personal she, if you add an s to it, or as fees. Y is expreffed by a found like that of i in the English word visible, and is called ypfilon.

Z is expreffed by the found of our English zed, leaving out the d, or zea.

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