Presente
What is happening now, habits, and general truths.
- eu me dedico
- você / ele / ela / a gente se dedica
- nós nos dedicamos
- vocês / eles / elas se dedicam
to devote oneself
Regular verb, spelling change, gerund dedicando-se, past participle dedicado.
Me, se, nos
In Brazil the pronoun comes before the verb, eu me dedico, and before the participle, gerund, or infinitive: tinha se dedicado. Written commands put it after: dedique-se; speech says se dedica.
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.