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Spanish Irregular Verbs: Yo

Spanish Irregular Verbs in the "Yo" form


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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.
PONER
to put
TRAER
to bring
VALER
to value
SALIR
to leave, go out
HACER
to do, to make
yo
pongo
traigo
valgo
salgo
hago
tú
pones
traes
vales
sales
haces
Ud., él, ella
ponen
trae
vale
sale
hace
nosotros/as
ponemos
traemos
valemos
salimos
hacemos
vosotros/as
ponéis
traéis
valéis
salís
hacéis
Uds., ellos, ellas
ponen
traen
valen
salen
hacen

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.

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