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Faz um esforço pela tua família.

Faz um esforço pela tua família.
Make an effort for your family.
From Lesson 98:Irregular commands (sê, vai, faz)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Questions & Answers about Faz um esforço pela tua família.

Why is the command faz instead of faça?
Faz is the informal command for tu (you), coming from the irregular verb fazer (to do/make). If you were speaking formally to a você, the command would be faça. Notice how it matches the informal possessive tua later in the sentence.
Where does the word pela come from?
Pela is a contraction of the preposition por (for) and the feminine word for the (a). In European Portuguese, possessive words like tua usually need the before them, which is why por combines with a to become pela.
Why use por (inside pela) instead of para to mean for?
We use por here because it expresses doing something for the sake of or on behalf of your family. If you used para, it would sound more like you are handing a physical object to them.
Why is the word for your tua instead of teu?
Possessive words always have to match the gender of the thing being owned, not the person who owns it. Since família is a feminine noun, you must use the feminine tua.

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