Presente
What is happening now, habits, and general truths.
- eu me despeço
- você / ele / ela / a gente se despede
- nós nos despedimos
- vocês / eles / elas se despedem
to say goodbye
Irregular verb, gerund despedindo-se, past participle despedido.
Me, se, nos
In Brazil the pronoun comes before the verb, eu me despeço, and before the participle, gerund, or infinitive: tinha se despedido. Written commands put it after: despeça-se; speech says se despede.
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.