Conjugating G-verbs in Spanish (presente simple)

There are certain verbs in Spanish that have an unexpected g when conjugating the first person of singular (yo) in present simple:

Here are some examples:

hacer (to do)
yo hago
tú haces
él hace
nosotros hacemos
vosotros hacéis
ellos hacen

caer (to fall)
yo caigo
tu caes
él cae
nosotros caemos
vosotros caéis
ellos caen

salir (to go out / to exit)
yo salgo
tú sales
él sale
nosotros salimos
vosotros salís
ellos salen

Can anyone conjugate the following G-verbs in present simple to practice the Unexpected G?

decir (to say)
yo ...
tú ...
él ...
nosotros ...
vosotros ...
ellos ...

tener (to have)
yo ...
tú ...
él ...
nosotros ...
vosotros ...
ellos ...

Hi Anna,

Sadly, I'm back after quite sometime. So, I'm just trying to revisit the initial chapters.

I'm not sure about "decir" but I'll attempt "tener"

yo tengo

tu' tienes

e'l tiene

nosotros tenemos

vosotros tenei's

ellos tienen

Hello Mahima! I am glad to see you are back in the forum.

As usual all your answers are right!!! Are you sure that you don´t want to try "decir". It is ok if you don´t get it right. Making mistakes and receiving correction and explanation helps the learning process and to remember for next time.

I started from the bottom for you:

Yo
Tú
Él
Nosotros decimos
Vosotros decís
Ellos dicen

I will give the first three a shot!

Yo dego (I think it may be digo but am not sure!)

Tu dices

El dice

Hi Anna,

Ok here goes

Yo digo
Tú dices
Él dice
Nosotros decimos
Vosotros decís
Ellos dicen

Since it had been a long gap, I just repeated my e-tutoring session(the 1st one). I felt I was able to go through quicker, this time :)

Hello Traveler and Mahima!

The correct form it is: "yo digo" (your second option Traveler) :)

Do you guys want to try with:

poner (to put)
yo po_ _ _
tú pones
él pone
nosotros ponemos
vosotros ponéis
ellos ponen

Hi Anna,

I think it could be "yo pongo".

Also, if I were to use this in a sentence, it would be only in the present tense. Right? I haven't come across tenses yet, so I'm not sure.

Let me know if the following sentence is correct -

"él pone el gato en la casa"

Thanks !

Hello Mahima,

"Yo pongo" is right! ¡Buen trabajo!

This G tenses only apply to the present simple.

See some examples in past and future tenses:

Yo pongo (presente simple) present
Yo ponía (pretérito perfecto) past
Yo puse (pretérito imperfecto) past
Yo pondré (futuro simple) future

The sentence "El pone el gato en la casa" is correct, meaning that you "put" the cat inside the house. I would recommend to use the verb "traer" (to bring/take the cat inside the house)

"Yo traigo el gato a la casa"

Notice that the pronoun en changes to a, when using traer

TRAER A (correct!)
TRAER EN (incorrect!)

Let me know if you have more examples you want us to check for you.

¡Qué tengas un buen día!

Hi Anna,

I've tried to use traer below -

"yo traigo mi perro a la patio"

Also, if I wanted to use the past tense for put, then is the following sentence correct?

"yo puse mi chaqueta en la cama"

Thanks

sorry, it should be "el patio"

Hello Mahima!

All your sentences are correct! And you also corrected yourself regarding the gender of the word patio.

The full sentence would be: "Yo traigo mi perro al patio".

al = a + el (preposition "a" + article "el")

Good job!

Let's translate this sentences for other students:

- Yo traigo mi perro al patio
- I bring my dog to the backyard.

- Yo puse mu chaqueta en la cama
- I put my jacket on the bed

I will start a new post about fall vocabulary and exercises! Please check it out!

I am in my 2nd week of the Spanish course. I don't understand a couple of word combinations. First, the lesson teaches that the Spanish words 'nosotros tenemos' means 'we have'. Yet, the word 'nosotros' means 'we' and the word 'tenemos' means 'we have'. My question is, why use 'nosotros' before 'tenemos' if the latter, in itself, means 'we have'?

A similar situation occurs when using the words 'vosotros tiene'. 'Vosotros' interprets to 'you' but 'tiene' means 'you have' but the lesson instructs to use both together as shown.

I'm sure there's a reason for this but it seems to be a redundant term. Thanks. Dennis

Hi Dennis,

Thanks for posting your question! Let's look at the phrases you're referring to a bit more closely:

nosotros tenemos - we have

vosotros tenéis - you (infml., pl. Spain) have

These phrases have two parts: a personal pronoun (a word like "I"or "We"or "You" in English) and a verb. The verb changes to match the pronoun (the same way the verb matches the pronoun in English "we have" but "she has").

nosotros tenemos - we have

vosotros tenéis - you (infml., pl. Spain) have

So these phrases literally mean we + have=> nosotros + tenemos, and you + have => vosotros + tenéis. But one big difference between English and Spanish, which you'll discover soon if you haven't already is that with the different pronouns (yo, tú, él/ella, nosotros, ellos/ellas) the verb changes its form. So I can look at tengo for example and no that it means "I have" without the pronoun, because tengo is the form of the verb that goes with yo. Because of this, you'll find that you can say "we have" in two different ways:

Tenemos el libro. OR Nosotros tenemos el libro. (We have the book).

In other words, the pronoun that means 'we' is not necessary since we can already tell by looking at the verb that the subject is 'we.'

Don't worry too much about this latter part, but just keep in mind that the two parts of those phrases are 1) a pronoun and 2) a verb, which go together.

If you have more questions, don't hesitate to post them here!

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