3) Internal phonetic changes have taken place in such words as:
| Brazilian Portuguese. | Brazilian German. | English. | ||
| kaschero | kaschör | shop. | ||
| municipio | munizip | district. |
B. Feminines.
In feminines the final vowel '-a' is as a rule weakened to 'e', e.g.,
| Brazilian Portuguese. | Brazilian German. | English. | ||
| capoeira | capoeire | copse. | ||
| carreta | carrete | cart. | ||
| garaffa | garaffe | bottle. | ||
| lancha | lanche | barge. | ||
| larancha | laranche | orange. | ||
| mula | mule | mule. | ||
| persianna | persianne | Venetian. | ||
| picada | picade | lane (through a forest). | ||
| pimenta | pimente | pepper. | ||
| pipa | pipe | barrel, tun. | ||
| roça | rosse | clearing (of a forest). | ||
| sanga | sange | ditch. | ||
| tolda | tolde | cover, hood (of a wagon). | ||
| traça | trace | track, design. | ||
| venda | vende | inn, store. |
C. Change of gender in nouns.
1) Masculine to feminine, e.g.,
| Brazilian Portuguese. | Brazilian German. | English. | ||
| barranco m. | barranke f. | slope. | ||
| cabresto m. | cabreste f. | halter. | ||
| cachimbo m. | kaschimbe f. | tobacco-pipe. | ||
| camarote m. | camarote f. | box (in a theater). | ||
| cangalho m. | cangalhe f. | packsaddle. | ||
| charuto m. | charute f. | cigar. | ||
| farelo m. | farelle f. | bran. | ||
| hiate m. | jatte f. | yacht. | ||
| portreiro m. | portreere f. | pasture-ground. | ||
| rio m. | rio f. (rarely m.) | stream, river. |
2) Feminine to masculine, e.g.,