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poner

M060 Irregular

Poner — yo pongo + irregular (to put / place)

yo: pongo + irregular

13

verbs

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Summary

PONER is a high-value irregular model and extends to its compounds: componer, proponer, disponer, suponer, imponer...

Core changes:
- Present yo: pongo (and compounds: compongo, propongo...).
- Preterite stem: pus- (puse, puso...; compuse, compuso...).
- Future/conditional stem: pondr- (pondré, pondría...; compondré, compondría...).
- Irregular participle: puesto (compuesto, dispuesto, propuesto...).

Examples

  • Hoy pongo la mesa y mi hermano compone la música.
  • Ayer propuse una idea y todos la compusieron en un plan mejor.
  • Si lo dispusieras antes, lo pondríamos en marcha hoy.

Verbs following poner

Frequent compounds in this model:

anteponer componer deponer disponer exponer imponer oponer posponer proponer reponer suponer transponer

Teacher guide (Spain)

Teach one stable chain for the full family: present yo (-go), preterite (pus-), future/conditional (pondr-), participle (-puesto).

1) Core compounds (high frequency)

Prioritize these first in practice.

componer proponer suponer disponer imponer exponer

2) Secondary compounds

Useful for reading and formal registers.

oponer reponer posponer deponer anteponer transponer

3) Teaching recommendation

Drill contrasts by blocks: pongo/ponga, puse/pusiera, pondré/pondría, puesto.

Present Indicative

yo

pongo

pones

él/ella

pone

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Pattern cheat sheet

Most-used tenses for this model, with an optional comparison against the regular pattern.

Indicativo — Indicative

Presente

Present Indicative

✓ Available

yo

pongo

pones

él/ella

pone

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Pretérito perfecto compuesto

Present Perfect Indicative

✓ Available

yo

he puesto

has puesto

él/ella

ha puesto

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Pretérito imperfecto

Imperfect Indicative

✓ Available

yo

ponía

ponías

él/ella

ponía

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Pretérito pluscuamperfecto

Pluperfect Indicative

✓ Available

yo

había puesto

habías puesto

él/ella

había puesto

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Pretérito perfecto simple

Preterite Indicative

✓ Available

yo

puse

pusiste

él/ella

puso

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Pretérito anterior

Preterite Anterior

✓ Available

yo

hube puesto

hubiste puesto

él/ella

hubo puesto

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Futuro simple

Future Indicative

✓ Available

yo

pondré

pondrás

él/ella

pondrá

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Futuro perfecto

Future Perfect Indicative

✓ Available

yo

habré puesto

habrás puesto

él/ella

habrá puesto

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Condicional simple

Conditional

✓ Available

yo

pondría

pondrías

él/ella

pondría

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Condicional compuesto

Conditional Perfect

✓ Available

yo

habría puesto

habrías puesto

él/ella

habría puesto

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Subjuntivo — Subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo

Present Subjunctive

✓ Available

yo

ponga

pongas

él/ella

ponga

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Pretérito perfecto

Present Perfect Subjunctive

✓ Available

yo

haya puesto

hayas puesto

él/ella

haya puesto

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Imperfecto

Imperfect Subjunctive

✓ Available

yo

pusiera (pusiese)

pusieras (pusieses)

él/ella

pusiera (pusiese)

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Pluscuamperfecto

Pluperfect Subjunctive

✓ Available

yo

hubiera puesto (hubiese puesto)

hubieras puesto (hubieses puesto)

él/ella

hubiera puesto (hubiese puesto)

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Futuro

Future Subjunctive

✓ Available

yo

pusiere

pusieres

él/ella

pusiere

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Futuro perfecto

Future Perfect Subjunctive

✓ Available

yo

hubiere puesto

hubieres puesto

él/ella

hubiere puesto

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Imperativo — Imperative

Imperativo afirmativo

Imperative

✓ Available

yo

pon

él/ella

ponga

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Imperativo negativo

Negative Imperative

✓ Available

yo

pongas

él/ella

ponga

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Tense availability

Supported for this model (informational). Open a verb page to view full conjugation tables by tense.

Supported

Present Indicative Present Perfect Indicative Preterite Indicative Imperfect Indicative Pluperfect Indicative Preterite Anterior Future Indicative Conditional Future Perfect Indicative Conditional Perfect Present Subjunctive Present Perfect Subjunctive Imperfect Subjunctive Pluperfect Subjunctive Future Subjunctive Future Perfect Subjunctive Imperative Negative Imperative

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What this model teaches

Go verbs Irregular preterite

Verbs following this model

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