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The Present Tense of Stem-Changing Verbs: e  ie , e  i , o  ue

The Present Tense of Stem-Changing Verbs: e  ie , e  i , o  ue. (El tiempo presente de los verbos de cambio radical).

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The Present Tense of Stem-Changing Verbs: e  ie , e  i , o  ue

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  1. The Present Tense of Stem-Changing Verbs: eie, ei, oue (El tiempo presente de los verbos de cambio radical)

  2. There is a fairly large group of verbs in Spanish that undergo changes in their stem when conjugated in the present tense. These changes occur in all the forms except nosotros/as. These changes occur to ar, er and ir verbs and do not affect the endings we have learned for our conjugations. THEY AFFECT ONLY THE STEM When a line is drawn around the forms that change, the resulting shape vaguely resembles a boot thus, these verbs are sometimes informally called “boot” verbs. There are three types or classes of “boot” verbs.

  3. Type 1: e  ie We’ll use entender, to understand, as an example of this type. entiendo entiendes entiende entendemos entienden entender

  4. Here are some other common e ie verbs: empezar, comenzar to begin pensar (+ infinitive) to think; to plan (to do something) perder to lose preferir to prefer querer to want, to love

  5. tener, venir The verbs tener and venir are what might be called partial stem-changing verbs; the yo forms do not have the stem change, but they do have an irregularity. tengo tienes tiene tenemos tienen Tengo exámenes mañana. I have exams tomorrow. vengo vienes viene venimos vienen Vengo de la biblioteca. I’m coming from the library. I call these stem changing GO verbs

  6. Type 2: e  i We’ll use servir, to serve, as an example of this type. sirvo sirves sirve servimos sirven servir Note: All ei verbs are -ir verbs.

  7. Here are some other common e i verbs: medir to measure, to be a certain height pedir to ask for, to request repetir to repeat, to have a second helping teñir to dye, to color

  8. Type 3: o  ue We’ll use almorzar, to have lunch, as an example of this type. almuerzo almuerzas almuerza almorzamos almuerzan almorzar

  9. The verb jugar, to play (games or sports), follows the same pattern as o  ue verbs, but the change is u  ue. juego juegas juega jugamos juegan jugar

  10. Here are some other common o ue verbs: dormir to sleep encontrar to find poder to be able; can recordar to remember to return, to come back volver

  11. The verbs querer and preferir Expressing desires and preferences Querer and preferir are important stem-changing verbs that have multiple uses.

  12. querer quiero quieres quiere queremos quieren When used with a thing as the direct object, querer means to want.

  13. ¿Quiere un sándwich de pollo? Sí, y quiero papas fritas también, por favor.

  14. querer quiero quieres quiere queremos quieren When used with a person as the direct object, querer means to love.

  15. Quiero mucho a su hija, señor Vega.

  16. preferir prefiero prefieres prefiere preferimos prefieren Preferir, of course, means to prefer.

  17. ¿Quiere un sándwich de pollo? No señor, prefiero una hamburguesa.

  18. Thinking and planning The verb pensar is another very useful stem-changing verb. pienso piensas piensa pensamos piensan

  19. FIN

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