4.5.0: Gramática
Have a look at the following tables. What do you notice about the verbs tener and decir ? What happens for each of the different subjects?
|
Poner ( to put ) |
Hacer ( to do/make ) |
Traer ( to bring ) |
Salir (to get out/to go out) |
Dar (to give) |
|
| yo | pon go | ha go | tra igo | sal go | do y |
| tú | pones | haces | traes | sales | das |
| vos | ponés | hacés | traés | salís | das |
| usted/Ud./ él/ella | pone | hace | trae | sale | da |
| nosotros/nosotras | ponemos | hacemos | traemos | salimos | damos |
| vosotros/vosotras | ponéis | hacéis | traéis | salís | dais |
| ustedes/Uds./ellos/ellas | ponen | hacen | traen | salen | dan |
There are some verbs that are irregular in other subjects. This verb has a stem-change of e –> i . What do you notice about its conjugation? Which subjects have conjugation irregularities?
|
Decir ( to tell, to say ) |
|
|---|---|
| yo | di go |
| tú | d i ces |
| vos | decís |
| usted/Ud./ él/ella | d i ce |
| nosotros/nosotras | decimos |
| vosotros/vosotras | decís |
| ustedes/Uds./ellos/ellas | d i cen |
These verbs have a stem-change of e –> ie . What do you notice about their conjugation? Which subjects have conjugation irregularities?
|
Tener ( to have ) |
Venir ( to come ) |
|
|---|---|---|
| yo | ten go | ven go |
| tú | t ie nes | v ie nes |
| vos | tenés | venís |
| usted/Ud./ él/ella | t ie ne | v ie ne |
| nosotros/nosotras | tenemos | venimos |
| vosotros/vosotras | tenéis | venís |
| ustedes/Uds./ellos/ellas | t ie nen | v ie nen |
Ahora mira este video. It offers a summary of the ways in which we conjugate these verbs, and others that behave in a similar way.
Attribution: By Daniel Hernández Ruiz, licensed under CC BY 4.0.