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Isso foi há uns dez anos, mais ou menos.

That was about ten years ago, more or less.

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Why every word is where it is

Issopronounthatfoiverbwasser · past · 3rd sing.há1verbagohaver · present · 3rd sing.uns2determinersomeum · masc. · pl. · indefinitedezdeterminertenanosnounyearsano · masc. · pl.,maisadverbmoreouconjunctionormenosadverbless.
  • há → anos: há + time
  • uns → anos: agreement

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    há + time = "ago": impersonal haver, never hão; don't confuse with a (future distance). Agreement norms in formal writing (concordância) →
  2. 2
    uns = "about" before numbers.