The following general principles are observed in connection with the
dialect which has been developed by the German element in Brazil.

Nouns form by far the greatest number of words taken over, followed next
in order by verbs, exclamatory words and phrases, adjectives and
adverbs. The last two appear relatively rarely.


OBSERVATIONS ON WORDS FROM THE BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE.


I. Nouns.

A. Masculines.

1) In the case of masculines the vowel ending is as a rule dropped,
e.g.,

_Brazilian_ _Brazilian_
_Portuguese._ _German._ _English._

abatimento... abatiment... discount.
campo........ camp........ field, plain.
facão-....... fac......... hunting-knife.
intendente... intendent... administrator.
pasto........ past........ pasture.

2) The same holds for words of the following type where there have been
further orthographical changes with preserve, however, the same phonetic
values.