(Los verbos poner, salir y traer)The Verbs poner, salir and traer

Three verbs that are irregular only in their yo forms

pongo

pones

pone

ponemos

ponéis

ponen

to put, to place, to set (a table)

poner

poner

Ponemos la fecha en la pizarra todos los días.

Yo pongo mis libros en mi mochila.

Mónica siempre pone la mesa para la cena.

I put my books in my backpack.

Mónica always sets the table for dinner.

We put (write) the date on the board every day.

salgo

sales

sale

salimos

salís

salen

to leave, to go out

salir

GO VERBS – verbs that end in “go”

in the yo form

tengo pongo

salgo traigo

hago caigo

digo oigo

“GO VERBS” – Subject “YO”• Tengo – I have

• Salgo – I leave, I go out

• Hago – I make, I do

• Digo – I say, I tell

• Pongo – I put, I set

• Caigo – I fall

• Oigo – I hear

• Traigo – I carry, I bring

More GO Verbs

• Caigo – I fall

• Oigo – I hear

• Traigo – I carry, I bring

salir

Salgo de casa a las siete.

Salimos de viaje esta noche.

I leave home at seven.

We leave on a trip tonight.

Salir is used with several different prepositions to express various concepts. Following are some examples:

Salir de: to leave a place, to leave on a trip

Notice that English often does not require the word from when we leave a place, but Spanish always requires de.

salir

Mañana salen para Tegucigalpa.

¿Sales para las montañas ahora?

Tomorrow they leave for Tegucigalpa.

Are you leaving for the mountains now?

Salir is used with several different prepositions to express various concepts. Following are some examples:

Salir para: to leave for (a place), to depart

salir

Diana sale con Lorenzo.

Lucía sale con sus amigas esta tarde.

Diana goes out with (dates) Lorenzo.

Lucía is going out with her friends this afternoon.

Salir is used with several different prepositions to express various concepts. Following are some examples:

Salir con: to go out with, to date

salir

Salen a cenar los sábados.

¿Sales a caminar por la mañana?

They go out to dinner on Saturdays.

Do you go out walking in the morning?

Salir is used with several different prepositions to express various concepts. Following are some examples:

Salir a (+ infinitive): to go out (to do something)

traigo

traes

trae

traemos

traéis

traen

to bring, to carry

traer

traer

¿Traes tu celular?

Traigo una pluma a clase todos los días.

Juan promete traer los refrescos a la fiesta.

I bring a pen to class every day.

Juan promises to bring the soft drinks to the party.

Are you carrying your cell phone (with you)?

Note: Traer is often used informally instead of tener.

¿Traes dinero (encima)?Do you have any money (on you)?

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