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¡Hola! I am Studyfin, your Spanish tutor. Today we will explore some cool Spanish verbs that have a special surprise in the present tense!
Regular Spanish verbs follow strict patterns. However, some verbs are rule-breakers, which we call irregular verbs. Today, we are looking at verbs that change only when you talk about yourself.
We call these 'Yo-Go' verbs. When you use 'Yo' (I), the verb ending changes to 'go'. For example, 'hacer' (to do or make) becomes 'hago' (I do or I make).
Let us compare 'hacer' (ah-SEHR) with another common 'Yo-Go' verb, 'poner' (poh-NEHR), which means 'to put'. For all other pronouns like 'tú' (you) or 'él' (he), the verbs behave normally. Only the 'Yo' form gets the 'go'!
Change the sentence 'Yo poner la mesa' (I put the table / I set the table) into the correct present tense.
- Identify the subject pronoun in the sentence. Here, the subject is 'Yo' (I).
- Look at the verb 'poner' (to put). Since the subject is 'Yo', we know this is a special 'Yo-Go' verb.
- Remove the regular ending '-er' from 'poner' to find the starting stem, which leaves us with 'pon-'.
- Apply the unique 'Yo-Go' rule by adding '-go' to the stem instead of the standard '-o' ending.
- Combine them to get 'pongo'. The correct sentence is 'Yo pongo la mesa' (I set the table).
