Questions & Answers about Já tratei do visto hoje.
Does já always come right before the verb?
Yes, in statements like this, já (already) typically comes immediately before the verb (já tratei). This differs from English, where 'already' often sits later in the sentence. Using já right before a verb in the simple past is the most natural way to emphasize that an action is fully completed.
Why do we use do instead of just o before visto?
I thought visto was a form of ver (to see). What is it doing here?
Great catch! Visto is indeed the past participle of ver, meaning 'seen'. But it is also a regular noun that means 'visa' (the document for travel). Because it comes right after do (of the), we know it is acting as a noun in this sentence.
Why isn't the pronoun eu (I) used at the start of the sentence?
In Portuguese, it is very common to drop subject pronouns like eu because the verb ending already tells us exactly who did the action. The -ei ending in tratei is only ever used for the eu form in the simple past tense.
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