Title: Spanish Stem-Changing Verbs
1Spanish Stem-Changing Verbs
2Los verbos que cambian e?ie
- Querer
- Empezar
- Preferir
- Perder
- Cerrar
- To want
- To think
- To begin (start)
- To lose
- To close
3Stem-changing verbs give their stems the boot!
4Querer
5Querer
- First, lets just add all the correct endings.
6Verb endings
- If a verb ends in ar, you add
- o
- as
- a
- amos
- an
7Verb endings
- If a verb ends in er, you add
- o
- es
- e
- emos
- en
- if a verb ends in ir, you add
- o
- es
- e
- imos
- en
8- So, since querer ends en er (querer), which
endings will we add? - The er endings
- o
- es
- e
- emos
- en
9Now, lets add our stem change.
- Remember, only the e in the stem can change.
- querer
- perder
- If there are two es in the stem, the second one
always changes. - preferir
- empezar
10- Now lets change the stems.
- Remember, e can change to ie only within the
boot. This means the nosotros form never changes!
11Querer to want
emos
quier quer
quier
quier quier
o
es
e
en
12Empezar to begin
Yo empiezo Nosotros Empezamos
Tú empiezas
Él/ella empieza Ellos/Uds. empiezan
13Preferir to prefer
Yo prefiero Nosotros preferimos
Tú prefieres
Él/ella prefiere Ellos/Uds. prefieren
14Perder to lose
Yo pierdo Nosotros perdemos
Tú pierdes
Él/ella pierde Ellos/Uds. pierden
15Cerrar to close
Yo cierro Nosotros cerramos
Tú cierras
Él/ella cierra Ellos/Uds. cierran
16The u?ue and o?ue verbs work the same way.
- Poder
- Jugar
- Dormir
- Volver
- Devolver
- to be able to (can)
- to play
- to sleep
- to return (to a place)
- to return (a thing)
17First, find the o or u in the stem that is going
to change
- Poder
- Jugar
- Dormir
- Volver
- Devolver
18Then, decide which verb endings you will use.
19Jugar To play
juego jugamos
juegas
juega juegan
20Poder to be able to
p__d pod
p__d
p__d p__d
o
emos
ue
ue
es
ue
ue
e
en
21Volver to return (physically)Devolver to
return an object
Yo vuelvo Nosotros volvemos
Tú vuelves
Él / ella vuelve Ellos/Uds. vuelven
22Almorzar To eat lunch
Yo almuerzo Nosotros almorzamos
Tú almuerzas
Él / ella almuerza Ellos/Uds. almuerzan
23Dormir To sleep
Yo duermo Nosotros dormimos
Tú duermes
Él / ella duerme Ellos/Uds. duermen