Learn how to conjugate -gar verbs: g >gu in El Presente de Subjuntivo in Spanish
Spanish verbs ending in -gar replace the -g- with a -gu- in El Presente de Subjuntivo in Spanish. This is to preserve the hard "g" sound that you hear in the infinitive.
Pagar (to pay) is a common verb that undergoes this change.
Conjugation of "pagar" in El Presente de Subjuntivo in Spanish
| yo | pague |
| tú | pagues |
| él / ella / Ud. | pague |
| nosotros | paguemos |
| vosotros | paguéis |
| ellos / ellas / Uds. | paguen |
Read and listen to these examples:
There are other useful verbs that have this same g > gu spelling change, for example: apagar (to turn off), entregar (to deliver), jugar (to play)
Here are more examples with these verbs:
See the -gar Spanish verbs in El Pretérito Indefinido
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