Presente
What is happening now, habits, and general truths.
- eu me policio
- você / ele / ela / a gente se policia
- nós nos policiamos
- vocês / eles / elas se policiam
to monitor oneself
Regular -ar verb, gerund policiando-se, past participle policiado.
Me, se, nos
In Brazil the pronoun comes before the verb, eu me policio, and before the participle, gerund, or infinitive: tinha se policiado. Written commands put it after: policie-se; speech says se policia.
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.