[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c6.s2 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c6.s2: Note B.—The Indo-Portuguese Patois Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c6.s2 - **Language:** English ### Note B.—The Indo-Portuguese Patois ### [c6.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c6.s2.1) (By A. C. BURNELL.) ### [c6.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c6.s2.2) The phonetic changes of Indo-Portuguese are few. \*F\* is substituted for \*p\*; whilst the accent varies according to the race of the speaker.\* The vocabulary varies, as regards the introduction of native Indian terms, from the same cause. ### [c6.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c6.s2.3) Grammatically, this dialect is very singular: ### [c6.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c6.s2.4) 1. All traces of genders are lost—e.g. we find \*sua povo\* (Mat. i. 21); \*sua nome\* (Id. i. 23); \*sua filho\* (Id. i. 25); \*sua filhos\* (Id. ii. 18); \*sua olhos\* (Acts, ix. 8); \*o dias\* (Mat. ii. 1); \*o rey\* (Id. ii. 2); \*hum voz tinha ourido\* (Id. ii. 18). ### [c6.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c6.s2.5) 2. In the plural, \*s\* is rarely added; generally, the plural is the same as the singular. ### [c6.s2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c6.s2.6) 3. The genitive is expressed by \*de\*, which is not combined with the article—e.g. \*conforme de o tempo\* (Mat. ii. 16); \*Depois de o morte\* (Id. ii. 19). ### [c6.s2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c6.s2.7) 4. The definite article is unchanged in the plural: \*como o discipulos\* (Acts, ix. 19). ### [c6.s2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c6.s2.8) 5. The pronouns still preserve some inflexions: \*Eu, mi\*; \*nos, nossotros\*; \*minha, nossos\*, &c.; \*tu, ti, vossotros\*; \*tua, vossos\*; \*Elle, ella, ellotros, elles, sua, suas, lo, la\*. ### [c6.s2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c6.s2.9) 6. The verb substantive is (present) \*tem\*, (past) \*timha\*, and (subjunctive) \*seja\*. ### [c6.s2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c6.s2.10) 7. Verbs are conjugated by adding, for the present, \*te\* to the only form, viz., the infinitive, which loses its final \*r\*. Thus, \*te falla\*; \*te faze\*; \*te vi\*. The past is formed by adding \*ja\*—e.g. \*ja falla\*; \*ja olha\*. The future is formed by adding \*ser\*. To express the infinitive, \*per\* is added to the Portuguese infinitive deprived of its \*r\*. ### [c6.s2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c6.s2.11) ∗ Unfortunately, the translators of the Indo-Portuguese New Testament have, as much as possible, preserved the Portuguese orthography. --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c6.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c6.s2) · Pramāṇa