Why are go verbs called go verbs
Why are go verbs called go verbs?
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Hi Brianna,
Welcome to the forum I vaguely thought they were verbs that finished in go in the first person. The importance is when you make / conjugate the present subjunctive you need to remember the first person present.
Here is a previous answer with lots of different opinions
Lazarus1907 is a native Spanish speaker with an extensive knowledge of the Spanish language - he couldn't figure out why they got the name
My view is anything that helps you learn is fine.
Do you mean, Why do people use the term "go verbs" to refer to verbs that end in "go" (in the present tense, first person singular)?
This question answers itself, no?
Could it be because they have something to do with the action of going?
Until now, I'd never heard of a "go verb". Before I read the thread I thought it had something to do with bathroom actions.
I don't remember what workbook I saw it in, but they were grouped together under the title of Yo-go verbs.....meaning that in the yo form the verb ended in go in the indicative, such as
venir----vengo
tener----tengo
Did you mean Go-Go verbs?
That is what Michel Thomas calls them.
From an English speakers standpoint, (and I always try to think from the student's standpoint) it's easy to see that one could easily call all those verbs whose "yo" form ends in "go" as such. So I coined the phrase "go" verbs for classroom use, as they are usually taught as a group. No textbook that I have seen uses this phrase. I thought I was the only one. Now I find that others have used it as well. Who knew?
