Communicate and connect with the world.Build a foundation of fundamental vocabulary and essential language structure. Develop the Portuguese language skills to enjoy social interactions such as travel and shopping and learn to share your ideas and opinions in Portuguese.

Inside the box, you'll find:

• Version 3 Personal Edition CD-ROM software for Levels 1, 2 & 3 (Windows)
• Headset with microphone
• User"s guide
• Audio Companion, a multiple-CD set to play or download to your MP3 player

Portuguese is the official language of Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe. There are more than 200 million Portuguese speakers in the world; 180 million are in South America.

• Don’t be surprised if you see sentences without subjects in Portuguese. Rosetta Stone teaches you to identify who is speaking or who is being spoken about through the form of the verb.
• There are two categories of Portuguese nouns: masculine and feminine.
• Instead of answering a question with ‘yes,’ Portuguese speakers often answer with a verb.
• The pronunciation of certain letters depends on their location in a word. Rosetta Stone will help you learn proper pronunciation through guided exposure and practice.
• Portuguese has both formal and informal ways to address others, depending on the age of the speaker and his or her relationship to the person being addressed.
• Portuguese has two verbs that mean ‘to be.’ One is used for characteristics that are more permanent, and one for characteristics that are more temporary.

This set will help you:

• Build your vocabulary and language abilities
• Spell and write accurately
• Speak without a script
• Retain what you’ve learned
• Read and understand your new language
• Share ideas and opinions, express feelings and talk about everyday life

Sample topics include:

• The basics, such as age and family relations
• Questions, greetings, introductions
• Times of day, calendar terms, the weather
• Directions, locations, telling time
• Present, past and future tense
• Apologies and polite requests
• How to order at a restaurant and give and receive directions
• Emotions, opinions and ideas
• Political, media, business and religious terms
  

Requirements for Rosetta Stone User Workstations

• Windows 2000 or later
• 512 MB RAM
• 1 GHz or faster processor speed
• 600 MB free hard-drive space (per level)
• 16-bit sound card
• 800 x 600 display resolution (1024 x 768 recommended)
• Internet or phone connection required for product activation
• Speech recognition feature requires a USB headset microphone (included with purchase)
• 17 CD-ROM Drive (for installation)

Note for Microsoft® Windows Vista™ users:

Current Rosetta Stone products have been engineered to install and run on the Windows Vista operating system. Some 3rd party components used in Rosetta Stone products have not been certified by Microsoft as "Vista Compliant". Accordingly, you may encounter some Vista-related operating issues. Rosetta Stone technical support may or may not be able to resolve these Vista-related issues. Rosetta Stone hereby disclaims any representations, warranties, guaranties and conditions with respect to the compatibility of the Rosetta Stone products with the Windows Vista operating systems.