Embracing Hacer

Today is the day I embrace the verb hacer – to do, to make, done, did, made. It’s the most irregular verb in the book; I talk around it as best I can – but sometimes there’s no handy alternative.

Puede hacerlo, yes you can, I tell myself, deftly utilizing the infinitive. Meandering through the Marista school yard on the way home from another day of PST, the shadows long, my head full of lessons, I decide it will be my homework…to construct a table, fill it in, practice aloud, use in a sentence, rinse, repeat, hope something sticks…

Present/Indicativo Hago Haces Hace	Hacemos Hacen
Past/Pretérito Hice Hiciste Hizo	Hicimos Hicieron
Past/Imperfecto Hacia Hacías Hacia	Hacíamos Hacían
Subjuntivo Haga Hagas Haga	Hagamos Hagan
Futuro Hare Harás Hará	Haremos Harán

Lo hizo! I did it! Now if I can just remember which is which in context, in a real conversation.

Note in Spanish how the direct object comes before the verb – the indirect object too sometimes. So aside from having 25 conjugation possibilities to choose from for every darn verb, gotta pause and remember where to stick your objects.