tu essaies

you're trying

→ tu
phrase Common #7,664
you're trying Second-person singular present tense of essayer. It is often followed by de plus an infinitive: tu essaies de comprendre, “you're trying to understand.”
FR: Tu essaies de m'aider ?
EN: Are you trying to help me?

Tu essaies?

Are you trying?

— Interstellar (2014)

Est-ce que tu essaies, au moins?

Are you even trying?

Il faut que tu essaies ça.

You have to try this.

Tu essaies encore de m'impressionner?

Are you still trying to impress me?

Tu essaies d'être drôle?

Are you trying to be funny?

— Des étoiles sur la terre (2007)

Aussi dur que tu essaies, tu ne peux pas le finir en un jour.

No matter how hard you try, you can’t finish it in one day.

Tu essaies.

You're trying.