Adjectives:
| Spanish | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| grande | grandi |
| verde | verdi |
| ese | essi |
Nouns:
| Spanish | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| base | basi |
| noche | noiti |
| tarde | tardi |
| billete | bilheti |
The shift from Spanish unstressed e to Portuguese unstressed i is evident elsewhere too. For example, many Portuguese speakers have the initial unstressed syllables is- and dis- where your Spanish experience would lead you to expect the unstressed es- and des-.
| Spanish | Portuguese (spelling altered to show i sound) |
|---|---|
| esperar | isperar |
| estar | istar |
| esposo | isposo |
| escribir | iscriver |
| descuido | discuido |
| desdén | disdém |
| destino | distinto |
Additional practice with unstressed ə, u and i is found in Part IV, exercises 1, 2 and 3.