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Spanish Stem-Changing Verbs

Spanish Stem-Changing Verbs. o→ ue e→ie e→i. Querer Pensar Empezar Comenzar Perder Preferir Cerrar. To want To think To begin (start) To begin (start) To lose To prefer To close. Los verbos que cambian e →ie. Querer. Yo quiero Taco Bell. Querer e:ie.

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Spanish Stem-Changing Verbs

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  1. Spanish Stem-Changing Verbs o→ue e→ie e→i

  2. Querer Pensar Empezar Comenzar Perder Preferir Cerrar To want To think To begin (start) To begin (start) To lose To prefer To close Los verbos que cambian e→ie

  3. Querer Yo quiero Taco Bell.

  4. Querer e:ie • Note: the verb “querer” is pronounced: • Quer- (“care” in English) • -er (“air” in English • Querer. Care-air. (rhymes with “Care Bear”)

  5. Steps to conjugating stem-changers • Begin with the stem • Ej. Pensar = pens • Determine type of stem-changing verb • ej. e:ie • Change the stem if in the boot. • ej. yo/tú/él/ellospiens • Add appropriate ending. • ej. –ar verb:

  6. Práctica • Tú-comenzar • Stem: • Type: • Boot? • Ending comenz e:ie Comienz -as Comienzas

  7. Práctica • Nosotros-empezar • Stem: • Type: • Boot? • Ending empez Not in boot Not in Boot -amos empezamos

  8. Práctica • Yo- cerrar • Stem: • Type: • Boot? • Ending cerr e:ie cierr -o cierro

  9. Práctica quiere Entiendo • María________ comer con nosotros. (querer) • (Yo) _______ lasdirecciones. (entender) • (ellos) No ________ ir a la fiesta. (querer) • La muchacha ________ mucho.(pensar) • Mishermanos _________ por la mañana. (comenzar) • ¿Tú no _______ cantar con nosotros? (querer) • ¿Nosotros __________ la fiesta a las siete. (empezar) • Yo ________ la puerta en el cuarto. (cerrar) quieren piensa comienzan quieres empezamos cierro

  10. Pedir Servir Repetir Seguir To ask for To serve To repeat To follow Los verbosquecambiane:i

  11. Pedir e:i

  12. Práctica • Ella- seguir • Stem: • Type: • Boot? • Ending segu e:i sigu -e sigue

  13. o:ue • Poder • Dormir • Costar • To be able to • To sleep • To cost

  14. Poder o:ue

  15. Práctica • Ellos- dormir • Stem: • Type: • Boot? • Ending dorm o:ue duerm -en duermen

  16. How do these verbs work?

  17. Stem-changing verbs give their stems the boot!

  18. Now, let’s add our stem change. • Remember, only the e in the stem can change. • querer • perder • If there are two e’s in the stem, the second one always changes. • preferir • empezar

  19. Now let’s change the stems. • Remember, e can change to ie or the e can change to i only within the boot. This means the nosotros form never changes! • And the o changes to ue

  20. Cerrar (yo) Pedir (tú) Pensar (ella) Sentir (nosotros) Defender (ellos) Poder (usted) Jugar (él) Llegar (ellos) Yo cierro Tú pides Ella piensa Nosotros sentimos Ellos Defienden Usted puede El juega Ellos llegan Practice

  21. Pensar

  22. Costar

  23. Servir

  24. EmpezarComenzar

  25. Perder

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