Irregular Yo form verbs and others

The present indicative tense has a lot of irregular verb conjugations. It is easiest to learn once you understand that there is generally a pattern to the irregularities.

Verbs that are irregular in the yo form only.

caber (to fit) → quepo, cabes, cabe, cabemos, cabéis, caben
caer (to fall) → caigo, caes, cae, caemos, caéis, caen
conocer (to know) conozco, conoces, conoce, conocemos, conocéis, conocen

There are a bunch of verbs that are like conocer. The irregularity is that you need to add a z just before the last c.

aborrecer (to hate) desconocer (be be ignorant of) ofrecer (to offer)
agradecer (to thank) establecer (to establish) parecer (to seem)
aparecer (to appear) estremecerse (to shudder) permanecer (to remain)
carecer (to lack) merecer (to deserve) pertenecer (to belong)
crecer (to grow) nacer (to be born) reconocer (to recognize
desaparecer (to disappear) obedecer (to obey) traducir (to translate)

 

dar (to give) →   doy, das, da, damos, dais, dan
hacer (to do, to make) →   hago, haces, hace, hacemos, hacéis, hacen
poner (to put, to place) →   pongo, pones, pone, ponemos, ponéis, ponen
saber (to know) →   , sabes, sabe, sabemos, sabéis, saben
salir (to go out, to leave) →   salgo, sales, sale, salimos, salís, salen
traer (to bring) →   traigo, traes, trae, traemos, traéis, traen
valer (to be worth) →   valgo, vales, vale, velemos, valéis, valen
ver (to see, to watch) →   veo, ves, ve, vemos, veis, ven

While there are more irregular verbs in Spanish, they tend to be compound verbs that contain the previous irregular verbs as a base.

deshacer, imponer, componer, atraer etc.
As you learn new verbs, look for a possible root verb that you may already know.

Practice 1

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