Verbs with Irregular First Persons
The following verbs have irregular forms for the first person singular of the present tense:
- caber (to fit) - yo quepo
- caer (to fall) - yo caigo
- conducir (to drive) - yo conduzco
- conocer (to know, to be acquainted with) - yo conozco
- escoger (to choose) - yo escojo
- dirigir (to direct) - yo dirijo
- hacer (to do, to make) - yo hago
- poner (to put, to place) - yo pongo
- saber (to know something - a fact) - yo sé
- salir (to leave) - yo salgo
- seguir (to follow) - yo sigo
- traer (to bring) - yo traigo
- valer (to be worth) - yo valgo
- ver (to see) - yo veo
1. For verbs that end in -cer and -cir,
change the c to zc for the yo form:
conocer (to know)
yo conozco
conducir (to drive)
yo conduzco
crecer (to grow)
yo crezco
traducir (to translate)
yo traduzco
establecer (to establish)
yo establezco
producir (to produce)
yo produzco
2. For verbs that end in -ger and -gir,
change the g to j for the yo form:
escoger (to choose)
yo escojo
dirigir (to direct)
yo dirijo
emerger (to emerge)
yo emerjo
fingir (to pretend)
yo finjo
3. For verbs that end in -guir,
change the gu to g for the yo form:
seguir (to follow)
yo sigo
conseguir (to get)
yo consigo
distinguir (to distinguish)
yo distingo
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