I usually dislike irregular verbs but became fascinated with them after I finished the Michel Thomas Foundation course (he refers to it as the go-go verbs). Verbs with a 'go' ending in the 'yo' present tense. I nerded out and this is what I found out:
- * poner: yo pongo, tú pones...
* tener: yo tengo, tú tienes...
* caer: yo caigo, tú caes...
* traer: yo traigo, tú traes...
* oír: yo oigo, tú oyes...
* venir: yo vengo , tú vienes...
* hacer: yo hago, tú haces...
* salir: yo salgo, tú sales...
* valer: yo valgo, tú vales...
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These verbs fall into three categories:
- * hacer: this verb (and similar ones like rehacer) has its own irregularities.
* asir, oír, poner, salir, tener, valer, venir: these verbs (and related ones) simply add a g, e.g. "poner -> pono -> pongo"
* caer, traer: these verbs (and related ones) simply add ig: "caer -> cao -> caigo"
There are around 80 verbs like this in Spanish, but they are all derived from the ones listed above
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All the verbs with a 'nir' or 'ner' ending (and salir) conjugate with '-dré' and '-dría' in the future and conditional, respectively. The rest of them are regular in the Future and Conditional except 'hacer' and 'decir'.
- * Tengo, tendré, tendría
* Pongo, pondré, pondría
* Vengo, vendré, vendría
* Salgo, Saldré, Saldría
(Hacer and decir)
- * hago, haré, haría
* digo, diré, diría
The rest are regular (iirc)
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All these verbs retain the 'g' in the subjunctive but for ALL forms. first person,2nd person and thirdperson. You just have to 'switch tracks' (A phrase Michel uses when going into the subjunctive)
- * yo haga, tu hagas, ustedes hagan
* yo pongas, tu pongas, ustedes pongan
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I was very excited and wrote this in a few minutes but please let me know what I got wrong and what elso there is to these unique group of verbs
