2. long, when with the circumflex ^ over it, as:
- lê, he reads
- vê, he sees
- rêde, the net.
3. It is almost mute at the end of words without the accent, as:
- liberdade, liberty
- amizade, friendship.
I is pronounced like e in the English word me, and it is only the accent that determines the pronunciation, as:
- tímido,
- timoré,
- difficil,
- javalí.
O has three sounds:
1. clear and strong in:
- mólho,
- dó.
2. soft and long in: