Curso → Level 2 · La vida diaria → Lección 3
Level 2 · Lesson 3 Hago y salgo
I do and I go out
Verbos regulares en todo, menos en la forma de yo: hago, salgo, traigo.
Verbs that are regular everywhere except in the yo form: hago, salgo, traigo.
Escucha · Listen
¿Qué haces?
Diego, what are you doing?
I'm making a coffee. And you?
I'm resting. I'm not working.
Are you going out with Ana?
Yes, we're going out. Ana is arriving with Luis.
Good. I'll bring the coffee.
Thanks, Diego. Are you coming out with us?
I'm going out with you. I'll arrive with the coffee.
Explicación · Explanation
«Hacer», «salir» y «traer» son regulares en cinco personas. Solo la forma de yo es diferente: hago, salgo, traigo.
Here is the friendliest kind of irregularity in Spanish: it hides in one box. hacer, salir and traer take the ordinary endings of the last lesson everywhere except in the yo form, where a -g- appears out of nowhere: hago, salgo, traigo. Everything else is exactly what you would predict — haces, hace, hacemos, hacéis, hacen; sales, sale, salimos, salís, salen; traes, trae, traemos, traéis, traen.
Es una familia: muchos verbos españoles llevan -go en la primera persona. Aprendes la forma de yo y ya tienes el verbo.
This -go pattern is a club with many members, and more of them arrive in the lessons ahead. Treat the yo form as a separate item to memorise, then relax: the other five follow the rules you already know. It is worth saying the pair out loud together — hago, haces · salgo, sales · traigo, traes — so the odd one and the normal one arrive as a unit.
«Llegar» y «descansar» son verbos en -ar, regulares en todo: llego, llegas, llega; descanso, descansas, descansa. No cambian nunca.
For contrast, two completely regular -ar verbs to use alongside them: llegar (to arrive) and descansar (to rest). llego, llegas, llega, llegamos, llegáis, llegan — no surprises anywhere. Notice too that hacer answers the question ¿qué haces?, the everyday way to ask what someone is up to, and that salir means both 'to go out' socially and 'to leave' a place.
Vocabulario · Vocabulary
| Palabra | Meaning | Nota · Note |
|---|---|---|
| hacer | to do, to make | hago · haces · hace |
| salir | to go out, to leave | salgo · sales · sale |
| traer | to bring | traigo · traes · trae |
| llegar | to arrive | regular: llego · llegas |
| descansar | to rest | regular: descanso · descansas |
Práctica · Practice
Ponlo en práctica · Use it
Ahora hablas tú, en voz alta. Tres frases con yo: «Hago un café», «Salgo con …», «Traigo el café». Después, la pregunta a un amigo: «¿Qué haces?».
Say the three -go forms out loud in a row — hago, salgo, traigo — and then use each in a short sentence about yourself. Now say the same three sentences about a friend, where the verbs turn regular: hace, sale, trae. Finish with the question you will use every day: ¿qué haces?