Presente
What is happening now, habits, and general truths.
- eu me esforço
- você / ele / ela / a gente se esforça
- nós nos esforçamos
- vocês / eles / elas se esforçam
to make an effort
Regular verb, spelling change, gerund esforçando-se, past participle esforçado.
Me, se, nos
In Brazil the pronoun comes before the verb, eu me esforço, and before the participle, gerund, or infinitive: tinha se esforçado. Written commands put it after: esforce-se; speech says se esforça.
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.