b. You will readily recognize Portuguese camisa, blusa, and sapato, since you already know these words in Spanish. You are not likely, however, to know what saia is until somebody or something tells you. It is the word for 'skirt', and it obviously is far removed from the familiar Spanish falda.
Cognates do often fall into recognizable patterns (as shown later in Part III, 'Vocabulary Transfer'), but it is very difficult to be sure that you will find a cognate in a given case. You must learn which words from your Spanish inventory have cognates and which do not.
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