Poner (to put) is irregular in El Presente, but only in the 'yo' form. The rest of the endings are regular:
| yo | pongo |
| tú | pones |
| él / ella / Ud. | pone |
| nosotros / nosotras |
ponemos |
| vosotros / vosotras |
ponéis |
| ellos / ellas / Uds. | ponen |
Look at and listen to these examples:
Yo pongo las llaves en la estantería.
I put the keys on the shelf.
Tú pones la mesa para cenar.
You set the table for dinner.
¿Usted pone azúcar en el café?
Do you take sugar in your coffee?
Nosotros ponemos siempre sal en la comida.
We always put salt in the food.
Vosotros ponéis mucho esfuerzo durante el entrenamiento.
You put in a lot of effort during training.
Ellas ponen la toalla debajo de la sombrilla.
They put the towel under the parasol.
For more verbs that follow a similar pattern, see:
Verbos yo -go (presente)
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¿Usted pone azúcar en el café?
Do you take sugar in your coffee?
Nosotros ponemos siempre sal en la comida.
We always put salt in the food.
Vosotros ponéis mucho esfuerzo durante el entrenamiento.
You put in a lot of effort during training.
Yo pongo las llaves en la estantería.
I put the keys on the shelf.
Tú pones la mesa para cenar.
You set the table for dinner.
Ellas ponen la toalla debajo de la sombrilla.
They put the towel under the parasol.
John
Kwiziq community member
9 July 2018
1 reply
Poner vs Poder?
Why is it pones but puedes? Both words start with "po."
Inma
Kwiziq language super star
9 July 2018
9/07/18
Hola John
There are certain verbs that undergo vowel changes when they are conjugated in the present. These verbs aren't grouped depending on how they are written. It is random verbs. So these two verbs "poner" and "poder" both have stem-changes but different ones:
Poner (to put)
Yo pongo
Poder (to be able to)
Yo puedo
I hope this helped.
Inma