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Present Tense Stem-Changing Verbs. Page 10 – Lección Preliminar Avancemos 3. Stem-Changing Verbs. Remember that in Spanish there are three groups of stem-changing verbs . The stem change occurs in all forms except the nosotros(as) and vosotros(as) forms. Stem-Changing Verbs.
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Present Tense Stem-ChangingVerbs Page 10 – Lección PreliminarAvancemos 3
Stem-ChangingVerbs • Rememberthat in Spanishthere are threegroups of stem-changingverbs. • Thestemchangeoccurs in allformsexceptthe nosotros(as) and vosotros(as) forms.
Stem-ChangingVerbs • The 3 groups are • e – ie • o – ue • e – i
Stem-ChangingVerbs • Let´s look at someverbsthathave a stemchange of e > ie:
pierdo pierdes pierde perdemos perdéis pierden PERDER (e > ie) – to lose
empezar querer preferir pensar divertirse despertarse sentirse mentir cerrar comenzar entender tobegin towant toprefer tothink, plan tohavefun towake up tofeel to lie toclose tobegin tounderstand Stem-ChangingVerbs (e > ie)
Stem-ChangingVerbs • Let´s look at someverbsthathave a stemchange of o > ue:
puedo puedes puede podemos podéis pueden PODER (o > ue) – tobeableto, can
jugar (u > ue) contar costar encontrar recordar volar dormir volver devolver acostarse almorzar to play to count, tell a story to cost to find, meet to remember to fly to sleep to return to return something to go to bed to eat lunch Stem-ChangingVerbs (o > ue)
pido pides pide pedimos pedís piden PEDIR (e > i) – toaskfor, toorder
servir repetir reír sonreír seguir vestirse toserve torepeat tolaugh tosmile tofollow, continue todress Stem-ChangingVerbs (e > i)
río ríes ríe reímos reís ríen REÍR (e > i) – tolaugh
sonrío sonríes sonríe sonreímos sonreís sonríen SONREÍR (e > i) – tosmile