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To say that a person sound like people from Rio do I say "this was really carioca" or "this really was carioca"?
To say that a person sound like people from Rio do I say "this was really carioca" or "this really was carioca"?
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That (I think English has different perception of close-far from Romance languages) was really Carioca/that really was Carioca - both is correct, but the second sentence is very emphatic.
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Really Carioca suggests it was very Carioca
Really was Carioca suggests your emphasising that you're telling the truth.
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