"Yo hago la cena."

Translation: I make dinner.

[BryceShovlain]

"I'll make dinner" is apparently not acceptable

[Flowerbe]

"I'll make dinner" ("I will make dinner" ) is future tense, and therefore would have a different conjugation of 'hacer' - "Yo haré la cena".
'Hago' is present tense meaning "I make".

[cortes1492]

why?

[mitaine56]

account- because the lesson is about present tense

[KoenDawg]

I was surprised, too. I thought this would be OK.

[RockinAbs]

Difference between 'hace' and 'hago'?

[jermajesty]

Yo hago. Él/ella/usted hace.

[Jordan.Durham]

Hacer is an irregular verb. It's not going to conjugate the way many other -ER verbs do in the present tense.

[Jordan.Durham]

Hace is the el/ella/ usted form, hago is the yo form.

[Ch494]

why is "i make the dinner" wrong? isn't la equals to the?

[smellyeye]

I wrote ''I make the dinner'' and it was correct

[FrankBalme]

Me too

[RasheedaLo]

Hago? I don't know this conjugation. I understand it comes from hacer though.

[Flowerbe]

"Hago" is the 1st person singular, present tense form of "hacer".
Yo hago = I make/do/etc.
Tú haces = you make/...
Él/Ella/Usted hace = he/she/you(formal) make
Nosotros hacemos = we make
Vosotros hacéis = you all(formal) make
Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes hacen = they/you all make
The 1st person singular form has an irregular conjunction.

[RasheedaLo]

Is haces the tu form?

[jaspermutsaerts]

yes!

[Flowerbe]

Present tense forms of "hacer":
Yo hago
Tú haces
Él/Ella/Usted hace
Nosotros hacemos
Vosotros hacéis
Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes hacen

[Nicacarolrs]

I do make the dinner. Was wrong. Why?

[kindar]

I would guess because adding "do" is an English way of adding emphasis or improper grammar. If the latter, then it's incorrect English. If the former, then there is probably a particular way of adding emphasis in Spanish that has not been covered.

[BenGarman]

"I'm doing dinner" was wrong, even though that is a commonly used expression in English as a substitute for "making dinner". Pretty annoying given that hacer also translates as "make or do"

[gawkygrace]

i made the dinner was wrong. What's the past tense of hago?

[Flowerbe]

'Hago' (I make) is the present tense of 'hacer' (to make/do/etc.) and 'hice' (I made) is the past tense of 'hacer'.

[Marshapple]

The last course I did,they told me "hago" means ask

[mimisdam]

''Hago'' means ''make'' or ''do''? or both?

[Flowerbe]

"Hago" (1st person singular form of "hacer") means both depending on the context. "Hacer" has a variety of meanings.

The dictionary in the website Reverso is a great resource to learn the meaning of Spanish (or French, German, etc.) words, and the conjugator is a fabulous tool to learn all the different conjugations of verbs.
The link below lets you know all the meanings of and ways to use "hacer" (AKA hago).
http://diccionario.reverso.net/espanol-ingles/hacer

[mimisdam]

Thank you very much!

[Flowerbe]

Absolutely!