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Figueira, Luis, 1573-1643.

Arte da grammatica da lingua do Brasil... Quarto impressaõ.

Lisbon: Officina Patriarcal, 1795

Physical Description: [4], 103, [1] p. 19 cm. (4to)

Call number: C795/ F475a

Accession number: 03776

Notes: First half of text is devoted primarily to verb paradigms for the various tenses, moods, and voices (Primeira conjugaçao geral dos verbos, p. 8-20, and Segunda conjugaçao..., p. 21-42). Grammatical material in “Das oito partes de oraçao” (p. 42-92) incorporates several vocabulary lists. Text concludes with a section on syntax (p. 92-103). First published, Lisbon, 1621; this is the 4th edition.

Languages: Tupi

Genre: Grammar / Vocabulary

Region: Brazil