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⏱ TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Introduction
0:16 Portuguese ≠ Spanish
0:47 Vocabulary is Easy… and Hard
2:59 Gendered Nouns are Harder
4:22 Strange Letters & Pronunciations
8:32 Verb Conjugation is Hard
9:58 These things are… different!
10:44 This is Fun
11:30 What’s The Verdict?

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Proofread by Sylvia Gonçalves

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