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eram canadenses

were Canadians

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phrase Rare #30,054
were Canadians Used to describe a group of people in the past. 'Eram' is the past tense of 'to be' for plural subjects.
PO: Naquela época, eles eram canadenses.
EN: At that time, they were Canadians.

Três deles eram canadenses.

Three of them were Canadian.

Eu sabia que eles eram canadenses.

I knew they were Canadian.

Por que vocês não me contaram que eram canadenses?

Why didn’t you tell me you were Canadian?

Ambos eram canadenses.

They were both Canadian.

Eu não sabia que vocês eram canadenses.

I didn't know you were Canadian.

O Tom e a Mary disseram que elas não eram canadenses.

Tom and Mary said that they weren't Canadian.

O Tom e a Mary disseram que eles não eram canadenses.

Tom and Mary said that they weren't Canadian.

O Tom nos disse que vocês eram canadenses também.

Tom told us that you were Canadian as well.