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2 -go Verbs There is a small but very important group of verbs that we call the “-go” verbs. These verbs are: Hacer: Poner: Salir: Tener : Traer: Venir:

3 Why are these grouped together?? Good question! We just looked at the verb tener. Do you remember why the yo form was special?

4 Correcto! yo tengo: the yo form ends in –go. So what do you think the yo form of venir is?

5 On the “go” yo vengo How about the yo forms for: Salir Poner

6 “Go” for it! yo salgo yo pongo

7 Wait! There’s more! There are a few twists: hacer > yo hago traer > yo traigo conocer > yo conozco

8 Let’s look at those “yo” forms again… Hacer: yo hago Poner: yo pongo Salir: yo salgo Tener : yo tengo Traer: yo traigo Venir: yo vengo

9 What about those other forms?? They are regular !! For example: hacer yo hago tú haces él hace nosotros hacemos ellos hacen

10 Venir VENIR changes its stem, just like TENER: yo vengo tú vienes él,ella Ud. viene nosotros venimos ellos, ellas, Uds. vienen

11 Let’s take a look! > poner yo ______ tú ______ él ______ nosotros ______ ellos ______

12 One more for the road… > salir yo ______ tú ______ él ______ nosotros ______ ellos ______

13 salir yo salgo tú sales él sale nosotros salimos ellos salen

14 In conclusion… The – go verbs have an irregular yo form:, hago, pongo, salgo, tengo, traigo vengo The other forms are regular according to their conjugations. For example, trai go, traes, trae, traemos, traen Tener & venir are stem-changing verbs and also change in the tú, él, and ellos forms: tienes, tiene, tienen; vienes, viene, vienen

15 That’s all, folks! Now on your notebook conjugate SALIR, VERNIR, PONER, HACER, and TENER then provide the correct translation