aboboramus........... stewed (and mashed) pumpkin. korbgarrafao......... demijohn. miljekolben.......... cob (of corn). mesclahosen.......... trousers (striped). ochsencarrete........ ox-cart palhazigarrette...... cigarette (with cornhusk wrapper). polizeidelegado...... inspector of police. puschochse........... draught-ox. rocewirtschaft....... agriculture, farming. sellofiskal.......... revenue agent. vendaschuld.......... drinking-score, debt for drink. II. Verbs. Brazilian German verbs are commonly formed by adding a weak ending, _'-en'_ or _'-ieren'_ to the Portuguese stem, e.g., _Portuguese._ _Brazilian German._ _English._ amolar......... amolieren.......... to grind, sharpen. capinar........ capinen............ to weed. cobrar......... cobrieren.......... to cash, take in (money), lacar ......... lassen............. to throw the lasso. puxar.......... puschen, pussen.... to pull. repousar....... posen.............. to rest. requerer....... rekerieren......... to request. rocar.......... rossieren.......... to clear of weeds. sellar......... sellieren.......... to stamp. tocar.......... tocken............. to beat, strike. trocar......... trocken............ to change (money etc.). In pronunciation the Brazilian German differs still more from the Portuguese than the printed forms would indicate. The main additional differences in this case are the following: 1) The noun ending '_-ao'_ has the value of _'-ong'_ instead of the Portuguese sound represented by _'-ao.'_ Thus, by phonetic spelling we would have, e.g., _Brazilian German._ _Portuguese._ algodong for algodao. capong " capao, garrafong " garrafao, patakong " patacao. questong " questao, sertong " sertao, violong " violao. 2) The _'j'_ instead of remaining sonant as in Portuguese, becomes surd.[46] Thus _Brazilian German._ _Portuguese._ feschong for feijao, schakare " jacare. Schwong " Joao. 3) In the case of infinitives the final _'-n'_ is not sounded, particularly in sections influenced by the Hunsrueck dialect. These forms are therefore pronounced, e.g., _Brazilian German._ _Portuguese._ amoliere for amolieren. kapine " kapinen. pusche " puschen. tocke " tocken. SURNAMES.