Il francese per chi parla portoghese
Sai già più francese di quanto pensi. Delle 2.264 parole quotidiane di Cognata, 1.528 hanno un’affine in portoghese: la stessa parola, rimodellata da secoli di parlato. Parti da quelle, impara i cambiamenti regolari che legano le due lingue e tieni d’occhio i falsi amici.
Imposta la combinazione su portoghese → francese e apre le parole affini.
- hanno la stessa origine
- 67%
- ereditate da entrambe
- 23%
- da imparare da zero
- 33%
2.264 parole a confronto
Parole che conosci già
Parole quotidiane le cui forme in portoghese e in francese vengono dalla stessa origine.
Le leggi fonetiche tra le due
Cambiamenti regolari che trasformano una parola in portoghese nella sua affine in francese: imparane uno e vale per centinaia di parole.
- Stressed short E breaks into iee [ɛ] (no diphthong)ie, i (open syllable); e (closed)PETRAMpedrapierre
- Stressed short O breaks into ue / uo / euo [ɔ] (no diphthong)eu, œu (open syllable); o (closed)NOVUMnovoneuf
- French stressed free A becomes ea (kept)e, è, é; ie after a palatal (chien)MAREmarmer
- French fronts long U to [y]u [u] (kept)u [y]LŪNAMlualune
- AU becomes oou (said [o] in Brazil)o (spelled o or au)AURUMouroor
- French vowel + nasal becomes a nasal vowelnasal vowel or diphthong too (pão, bom, fim)nasal vowel (ɑ̃ ɔ̃ ɛ̃); n/m silentPĀNEMpãopain
- Spanish initial F- becomes h- (silent)f- keptf- keptFĪLIUM (fr. from nom. FĪLIUS)filhofils
- Voiceless stops between vowels softenb (v) d gv; t, c lostVĪTAMvidavie
- C before E and Is (c, ç); z [z] between vowelss (c, ç)CAELUMcéuciel
- French CA becomes chaca keptcha, che, chie [ʃ]CABALLUMcavalocheval
- Initial I- (J-) and G before E, Ij, g [ʒ]j, g [ʒ]IOCUMjogojeu
- B and V merge in Spanishv kept; B between vowels → vv kept; B between vowels → vVĪNUMvinhovin
- Germanic W- becomes gu- / g-gu- ([gw] before a, o; [g] before e, i)g(u)- [g]Germanic *WERRAguerraguerre
- L before a consonant becomes ual → ou, oi in some words (outro, foice); written l elsewhere, said [w] in Brazill → u, fused with the vowel: au [o], ou [u], eauALTERUMoutroautre
- CTit (i + t)it (i + t)NOCTEMnoitenuit
- L + yodlh [ʎ]il, ill [j]FOLIAMfolhafeuille
- C'L inside a wordlh [ʎ]il, ill [j]OCULUMolhoœil
- CL-, PL-, FL- at the start of a wordch- [ʃ]cl- pl- fl- (kept)CLĀVEMchaveclé
- NN, GN and N + yodnh [ɲ]; NN → ngn [ɲ]; NN → n (nasal vowel at the end)ANNUManoan
- S + consonant at the start of a wordes-é- (from es-, s lost)STELLAMestrelaétoile
- French loses S before a consonant (^)s kepts lost; often marked ^ (ê â ô î û)FESTAMfestafête
- Italian assimilates clusterssimplified: pt → t, mn → n; x → ss or ix [jʃ]simplified or lost: pt → t; x → sSEPTEMsetesept
- Final vowels-o, -a, -e kept (said [u], [ɐ], [i]); -e dropped after a single r, l, s, z, ndropped; -A → mute -eLUPUMloboloup
- Plurals: -s or -i-s, -es (from the accusative)-s, -x (written, mostly silent; from the accusative)LUPŌS (acc.) / LUPĪ (nom.)lobosloups
- -TĀTEM: -dad, -té, -tà-dade (-tade after a consonant)-téCĪVITĀTEMcidadecité
- -TIŌNEM: learned -ción, inherited -zón-ção (learned and inherited alike: nação, razão)-tion (learned); inherited -sonRATIŌNEMrazãoraison
- -ĀRIUM: -ero, -ier, -aio-eiro, -eira-ier, -ièreCABALLĀRIUMcavaleirochevalier
- Adverbs in -mente / -ment-mente-mentCLĀRĀ MENTEclaramenteclairement
- Single L between vowels: lost in Portuguese, r in Romanianlost (céu, fio, cor)l keptFĪLUMfiofil
- Portuguese loses single N between vowelslost, nasalizing the vowel (lã, mão); later often oral (lua, boa) or nh (vinho)n kept between vowels; at the end, a nasal vowelLĀNAMlãlaine
- Romanian turns velars into labialsit, x [ʃ], nh; qu, guit, iss, gn; qu (velar kept, palatalized or lost)OCTŌoitohuit
- Romanian T, D, S before i become ț, z, șkept; t, d said [tʃ], [dʒ] before i in Brazil (dia)t, d, s keptDĪCEREdizerdire
- Catalan drops -n at the end of a wordnasal vowel or diphthong (pão, vinho, bom)n silent, vowel nasal (pain, vin)PĀNEMpãopain
Falsi amici da tenere d’occhio
Ancora nessuna trappola classica tra queste due in Cognata, ma ogni pagina di parola segnala quelle che conosce.
Parole da imparare da zero
Parole comuni in cui il francese ha fatto di testa sua.