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‘-IR’ Stem-Changing Verbs. - ir Boot Verbs In the present tense, all boot verbs take the form of the boot, changing in all forms except nosotros + vosotros. Boots in the present. Dormir D ue rmo dormimos D ue rmes dormís D ue rme d ue rmen. Servir ( i,i ) S i rvo servimos
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-ir Boot Verbs • In the present tense, all boot verbs take the form of the boot, changing in all forms except nosotros + vosotros
Boots in the present Dormir Duermodormimos Duermesdormís Duermeduermen Servir (i,i) Sirvoservimos sirvesservís Sirvesirven
Boots in the present Pedir (to ask for) pidopedimos pidespedís pidepiden
In the preterite, ONLY ‘-ir’ verbs will stem change • In the preterite, ONLY 3rd person singular/plural forms change (él/ella/ud. + ellos/ellas/uds.) • They do not form a boot, but rather… a Japanese Sandal • ‘O’ changes to ‘U’ • ‘E’ changes to ‘I’
Dormir (ue/u) Dormídormimos Dormistedormisteis Durmiódurmieron Servir (i/u) servíservimos servisteservisteis sirviósirvieron
Pedir (i/i) pedípedimos pedistepedisteis pidiópidieron