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Spanish verbs keep triping me up in subtle ways.

In Spanish «tú eres» means «thou art / you are» but in Portuguese «tu eres» doesn't exist but it sound a lot like «tu eras» which means «thou wast / you were».

A similar thing happens with «el dice» which means «he says» but in Portuguese «ele disse» means «he said».

So yeah, the present indicative tense forms of Spanish verbs sound like the past indicative tense verb forms in Portuguese.

If anyone is curious, «thou art / you are» and «he says» translate to Portuguese as «tu és» and «ele diz», respectively.

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