Hola! In this video, let's go over the verb poner. Poner is also an irregular verb in the preterite, and it means to put, to place, or to set. Now, in the present tense, it's conjugated as follows.
Yo pongo... Tú pones, él pone, ella pone, usted pone, nosotros ponemos, nosotras ponemos, ellos ponen, ellas ponen, ustedes ponen. Some examples.
Francisco pone la mesa. ¿Dónde pones tu dinero? In the preterite, it's conjugated as follows. Yo puse, tú pusiste, él puso, ella puso, usted puso, nosotros pusimos, nosotras pusimos, ellos pusimos. Ellos pusieron, ellas pusieron, ustedes pusieron.
Some examples again. Francisco pone la mesa. Francisco sets the table.
Francisco puso la mesa. Francisco set the table. ¿Dónde pones tu dinero? Where do you put your money? ¿Dónde pusiste tu dinero?
Where did you put your money? So, how about you now change the following into the preterite from the present. Yo pongo.
Yo puse. ¿Tú pones? Tú pusiste. Ellos ponen.
Ellos pusieron. Carlos pone. Carlos puso. Nosotros ponemos.
Nosotros pusimos. Usted pone. Usted puso.
Nosotras ponemos. Nosotras pusimos. Okay, you probably know the drill by now. I want you to translate the following into Spanish.
But because this verb has kind of the same translation in both the present tense and the past tense, put, okay, or set, go ahead and assume that we're going to be translating these into the preterite form. Okay? Pause the video if you need more time. Check the word bank or the verb conjugation below this video if you need to.
I put the milk in the fridge. Yo puse la leche en el refrigerador. We already put the luggage in the car. Ya pusimos las maletas en el coche. Ricardo put his keys in his pockets.
Ricardo puso sus llaves en su bolsillo. Did you put your clothes on your bed? ¿Pusiste tu ropa en tu cama? Gilberto and Diana put the computer on the desk.
Gilberto y Diana pusieron la computadora en el escritorio. Rosalía set the table. Rosalía puso la mesa. Okay, I hope this was helpful.
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