Yo in Spanish – Irregular verbs

Spanish Irregular Verbs in the "Yo" form

Now a G, Now an O, GO!

In the last chapter, I said there were two different irregularities in the verbs venir and tener: a stem change and a change in the ‘yo’ form.

Well, venir and tener aren’t the only verbs that add an extra ‘g’ before the ‘o’ in the ‘yo’ form. Many commonly used vebs in Spanish are irregular in the ‘yo’ form, even if that is the only irregularity they have.
For example, look at the table below.

Note that traer has an additional irregularity in the ‘yo’ form, with an ‘i’ in addition to the extra ‘g’.

Por ejemplo:

 

Thinking about VALER

You may be interested to know that the word “vale” is quite frequently used in Spain. For example, the phrase “no vale” is often used to mean, “It won’t work,” or “It’s no good.” The phrase “vale,” on the other hand, is a catch-all phrase meaning, “Okay,” or “It’s fine.” You’ll hear it a lot!

In the next section we’ll work on using the verbs: DECIR and DAR - "to say" and "to give.