Presente
What is happening now, habits, and general truths.
- eu me comparo
- você / ele / ela / a gente se compara
- nós nos comparamos
- vocês / eles / elas se comparam
to compare oneself
Regular -ar verb, gerund comparando-se, past participle comparado.
Me, se, nos
In Brazil the pronoun comes before the verb, eu me comparo, and before the participle, gerund, or infinitive: tinha se comparado. Written commands put it after: compare-se; speech says se compara.
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.