# The -go verbs: tengo, pongo, salgo, hago

> id: conjugation.present.yo-go · category: conjugation · depth: standard · levels: A1, A2 · review: internally_reviewed

**Summary.** A family of verbs whose yo form ends in -go: tener → tengo, poner → pongo, salir → salgo, hacer → hago, decir → digo, oír → oigo. The other persons follow their own pattern.

These verbs are irregular only (or mainly) in the yo form, which ends in -go: hago, pongo, salgo, valgo, traigo, caigo, oigo, tengo, vengo, digo.

Several combine the -go form with a stem change in the other boot persons: tener → tengo but tienes, tiene, tienen; venir → vengo but vienes; decir → digo but dices.

The -go form matters beyond the present: the whole present subjunctive is built on it (tenga, ponga, salga, haga, diga, oiga). Learn the yo form and you get six subjunctive forms for free.

## Examples
- Tengo dos hermanos. — I have two brothers.
- Salgo del trabajo a las seis. — I leave work at six.
- Te digo la verdad. — I'm telling you the truth.

Related: conjugation.present.yo-zco, conjugation.present.stem-e-ie, conjugation.subjunctive.present-irregular

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