I think that the popular uses of the phrase are: "That (this, he, she, they, it) (doesn't, don't) make (makes) sense (to me, to us, to them)", I (he, she, they, we) need (are trying, would like, want) to make sense of it (this, that)" A possible example of your present tense question may be: "I am a beginning language student, so tell me: 'do my words make sense?' " "I'm glad that when I speak English I'm able to make sense to native speakers." "Do I make sense to you?" "I'm so nervous when I talk that I don't make sense to others." "What I said made sense." "I think that makes sense."