Transcript Stem Changing Verbs ~Present Tense

Stem Changing Verbs
~Present
Tense~
Review
*Remember = To conjugate
most verbs in the present
tense you simply take off the
last two letters and add the
new ending.
Endings
AR
o
amos
as áis
a
an
o
es
e
ER
emos
éis
en
o
es
e
IR
imos
ís
en
Example: Regular Present Tense
Caminar =
Camin__ + [o, as, a, amos, áis, an]
Vivir =
Viv__ + [o, es, e, emos, éis, en]
Stem Changing Verbs
• For some verbs, however, a
spelling change is required
before conjugating it.
• The spelling change is in the stem (not the ending)
= Therefore they are called “stem changing verbs”
For example, remember how to
conjugate the verb “Jugar”?
Jugar = (u  ue)
Juego Jugamos
Juegas Jugáis
Juega Juegan
* Notice = Which 2 forms DO NOT have
the stem change?
• When working with Stem Changing
Verbs, there is a stem change in all of
the forms except : NOSOTROS and
VOSOTROS
• An easy way to remember this is that
you can draw a shoe around the forms
that DO have a stem change:
“Shoe Verbs”
An easy way to remember this is that you
can draw a shoe around the forms that DO
have a stem change:
Jugar = (u  ue)
Juego
Jugamos
Juegas Jugáis
Juega
Juegan
Stem Changes
There are 3 main types of stem changes:
o  ue
e  ie
ei
*u  ue (very uncommon)
O  UE
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Poder = to be able to, can
Volver = to return
Probar = to try
Recordar = to remember
Costar = to cost
E  IE
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Cerrar = to close
Comenzar = to start
Empezar = to start
Pensar = to think
Recomendar = to recommend
Querer = to want
EI
1. Pedir = to request
2. Servir = to serve
3. Repetir = to repeat
4. Competir = to compete
5. Decir = to say, to tell
(*Yo = digo)
*U  UE
1. Jugar = to play
Práctica
Yo (encontrar) el libro que busco.
encuentro
¿Tú (jugar) al fútbol?
juegas
Nosotros (dormir) en el hotel.
dormimos
Práctica
• Can I go to the restroom?
• At what time do your parents return?
• What do you think?
• My brother says “No.”
• I close my eyes and I sleep.
Práctica
Textbook pg. 164,
Act. #11
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