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:

• mandei, mandarei
  (cf. Spanish mandé, mandaré)
• falei, falarei
  (cf. Spanish hablé, hablaré)
• cantei, cantarei
  (cf. Spanish canté, cantaré)

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)

• venceu (cf. Spanish venció)
• valeu (cf. Spanish valió)
• bebeu (cf. Spanish bebió)
• comeu (cf. Spanish comió)
• vendeu (cf. Spanish vendió)

Portuguese Diphthongs Not Occurring in Spanish

1. Oral Diphthongs

Among the new diphthongs are three involving the open vowel sounds E and O.

• Ei, as in papéis, hotéis
• Eu, as in céu, chapéu
• Oi, as in dói, herói

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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