Present Tense Regular Verbs

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Capítulo 7 primer paso
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Now, we have stem changing verbs.
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Remember?

• The stem is what we have left after we drop the
  ending of a verb.
• hablar (to speak)
• habl..(ar is dropped)

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Stem-changing Verbs

• 1. Only the stem is changed.
• 2. Conjugation of the verb remains the
  same.

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There are four types of stem-changing Verbs

• o gt ue - dormir - duerm...
• e gt ie - empezar - empiez...
• e gt i pedir pid.
• u to ue - jugar - jueg...

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e to ie stem-changingar verbs are .

• empezar
• comenzar
• querer
• preferir
• perder

• empiez...
• comienz...
• quier
• prefier
• pierd...

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e to ie Stem-Changing arVerbs - empezar

• empiezo
• empiezas
• empieza

• empezamos
• empiezan

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e to ie Stem-Changing erVerbs - querer

• quiero
• quieres
• quiere

• queremos
• quieren

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e to ie Stem-Changing irVerbs - preferir

• prefiero
• prefieres
• prefiere

• preferimos
• prefieren

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Did you notice?

• 1. The endings for each verb were the same as
  for their corresponding present tense ar, er,
  or ir verbs. And

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• 2. The nosotros forms did not have a stem change.

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Also We have verbs whose stem changes from o to
ue

• volver devolver
• poder dormir

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o to ue Stem-Changing erVerb - volver

• vuelvo
• vuelves
• vuelve

• volvemos
• vuelven

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o to ue Stem-Changing irVerbs - dormir

• duermo
• duermes
• duerme

• dormimos
• duermen

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u to ue Stem-Changing arVerb - jugar

• juego
• juegas
• juega

• jugamos
• juegan

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Remember?

• 1. The endings for stem-changing verbs are the
  same as their corresponding present tense ar,
  er, or ir verbs.

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• 2. Stem changing verbs NEVER EVER change in the
  nosotros form.

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El Fin