Presente
What is happening now, habits, and general truths.
- eu me aproximo
- você / ele / ela / a gente se aproxima
- nós nos aproximamos
- vocês / eles / elas se aproximam
to approach
Regular -ar verb, gerund aproximando-se, past participle aproximado.
Me, se, nos
In Brazil the pronoun comes before the verb, eu me aproximo, and before the participle, gerund, or infinitive: tinha se aproximado. Written commands put it after: aproxime-se; speech says se aproxima.
A gente, the everyday we, takes the same form as você.
Enough to talk about the present, the past, and the future.
What is happening now, habits, and general truths.
The everyday past for a finished action.
The spoken future for plans and coming events: ir plus the infinitive.