Presente
What is happening now, habits, and general truths.
- eu me controlo
- você / ele / ela / a gente se controla
- nós nos controlamos
- vocês / eles / elas se controlam
to control oneself
Regular -ar verb, gerund controlando-se, past participle controlado.
Me, se, nos
In Brazil the pronoun comes before the verb, eu me controlo, and before the participle, gerund, or infinitive: tinha se controlado. Written commands put it after: controle-se; speech says se controla.
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.