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 hacer (to do, to make) yo hago traer (to bring) yo traigo caer (to fall) yo caigo poner (to put, to place) yo pongo valer (to be worth) yo valgo dar (to give) yo doy saber (to know something - a fact, to know how) yo sé ver (to see) yo veo oír (to hear) yo oigo oyes, oye, oímos, oís, oyen decir (to say, to tell) yo digo dices, dice, decimos, decís, dicen salir (to leave) yo salgo In addition to memorizing the above listed verbs, you should familiarize yourself with the following three rules: (They are based on maintaining a pronunciation that sounds like the infinitive.) 1. For verbs that end in -cer and -cir, change the c to zc for the yo form: conocer (to know, to be familiar w/) yo conozco traducir (to translate) yo traduzco conducir (to drive) yo conduzco establecer (to establish) yo establezco crecer (to grow) yo crezco 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 emerger (to emerge) yo emerjo dirigir (to direct) yo dirijo fingir (to pretend) yo finjo 3. For verbs that end in -guir, change the gu to g for the yo form: seguir (to follow, to continue) yo sigo • conseguir (to get) yo consigo distinguir (to distinguish) yo distingo If you have a verb that contains any of the above as a root, then those verbs will also have the same spelling changes. What? Por ejemplo, to tell/to say = decir Yo digo la verdad. (I tell the truth.) to predict = predecir Yo predigo que los Leones van a perder. (I predict that the Lions are going to lose.