FROM SPANISH TO PORTUGUESE
Notice that many of these Spanish words end in ero and era.
The ei diphthong is also to be found in these verb endings:
and others of the sort. (See exercise 7, Part IV.)
The most common occurrences of the eu diphthong are:
a. meu, seu
(cf. Spanish mi, su)
b. eu
(cf. Spanish yo)
c. deus, adeus
(cf. Spanish dios, adiós)
d. (the 3rd person, singular, past tense ending of regular -er verbs)
Among the new diphthongs are three involving the open vowel sounds E and O.
Also new is ou, as in vou, sou. Note particularly its presence in trabalhou, falou, mandou and similar past tense items where Spanish has the single vowel -ó (cf. Spanish trabajó, habló, mandó).
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