How to Learn the Basic Word List 249 Latin /, e g fierro for hierro (iron) andfavlar for hablar (to speak) So also do the Portuguese The change began in the neighbourhood of Burgos on the Spanish border of the Pyrenees, and in Gascony on the French side That is to say, it prevailed where Spanish and French communities were m closest contact with the/-less Basques Below are a few characteristic examples of the change from / to H> i.e. the dis- appearance off LATIN ITALIAN SPANISH PORTUGUESE FRENCH ENGLISH faba fava HAVA fava feve bean fabulan (parlare) HABLAR falar (parler) to speak facere fare HACER fazer faire to make falcone falcone HALCON falcao faucon falcon fame fame HAMBRE fome faim hunger farina farina HARINA fannha farine flour fendere fendere HENDHR fender fendre to split foeno fieno HENO feno foin hay fervore fervore HERVOR fervor ferveur fervour ferro ferro HIERRO ferro fer iron fico fico HIGO figo figue fig filio figko HIJO filho fils son filia figlia HIJA filha fiUe daughter filo filo HtLO fio fil thread foha fogha HOJA fdlha feuille leaf furca forca HORCA forca fourche pitchfork forma forma HORMA forma forme form formica formica HORMIGA formiga fourmi ant fugire fuggire HUIR fugir fmr to flee fumo fumo HUMO fumo fumee smoke furone furetto HURC5 furao furet ferret ficato fegato HIGADO figado foie liver The disappearance of initial / did not take place in all old Spanish words It remained intact when followed by r or uey as is shown in the following LATIN ITALIAN SPANISH PORTUGUESE FRENCH ENGLISH fronte fronte frente front forehead, front fngido freddo fno froid cold fhcto fhtto fnto fht fried foco fuoco fuego fogo feu fire forti forte fuerte forte fort strong fortia forza fuerza for^a force force