Phrase · 😏 Irony & understatement

Tá, e eu sou o papa.

Sure, and I'm the Pope.

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Why every word is where it is

Tá1verbOK, sureestar · present · 3rd sing.,econjunctionandeupronounI1st sing. · subjectsouverbamser · present · 1st sing.odeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitepapa2nounpopemasc. · sing..

Tá → sou: tá… e eu sou… = sarcastic agreement
eu → sou: eu → sou

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
«Tá» (from «está») = OK; here it's mock agreement.
2
«papa» (pope) is masculine and lower-case as a common noun.