Stem Changing Verbs

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Stem Changing Verbs

• E to IE

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Stem Changing VerbsE to IE

• Some regular verbs require a change in the stem
  of the verb when we conjugate it in certain forms
• Yo
• Tu
• El, Ella, Usted
• Ellos, Ellas, Ustedes

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• CERRAR
• CERR AR
• Stem AR Ending

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Example

• PENSAR To Think
• YO pienso NOSOTROS pensamos
• TU piensas VOSOTROS pensais
• ELLA piensa ELLOS piensan

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More E to IE Verbs

• Acertar to manage to
• Atravesar to cross
• Calentar to heat
• Cerrar to close
• Comenzar to begin
• Confesar to confess
• Despertar to wake up
• Empezar to begin
• Encerrar to lock up
• Enterrar to bury

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More E to IE Verbs

• Fregar to scrub
• Merendar to have a snack
• Nevar to snow
• Recommendar to recommend
• Regar to water
• Temblar to tremble
• Tropezar to stumble

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More E to IE Verbs

• Atender to attend to
• Defender to defend
• Encender to turn on
• Entender to understand
• Perder to lose
• Querer to want
• Tender to spread over
• Verter to spill

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And More E to IE Verbs

• Advertir to alert
• Convertir to convert
• Herir to injure
• Hervir to boil
• Mentir to lie
• Preferir to prefer
• Referir to tell or to narrate
• Sentir to feel / to regret / to be sorry
• Sugerir to suggest