Boot verbs In Spanish we have 6 conjugations for verbs and usually we present it like the boxes underneath Yo Nosotros, Nosotras Tú Vosotros, Vosotras Él, Ella, Usted Ellos, Ellas, Ustedes
Boot verbs The boot verbs are those that you have to modify the stem when you conjugate them in addition to the regular ending, but you just modify 4 of the 6 conjugations. I.E. PENSAR (Stem PENS) in the boot switch E for IE (Stem in boot PIENS) Yo PIENSO Change stem Nosotros, Nosotras PENSAMOS Tú PIENSAS Vosotros, Vosotras PENSÁIS Él, Ella, Usted PIENSA Ellos, Ellas, Ustedes PIENSAN
Boot verbs To help you understand this, someone decided to call those stem changing verbs as “BOOT VERBS” because if you draw a boot around the 4 conjugations that you have to modify it will look like a BOOT Yo PIENSO Change stem Nosotros, Nosotras PENSAMOS OUT OF THE BOOT Tú PIENSAS Vosotros, Vosotras PENSÁIS Él, Ella, Usted PIENSA Ellos, Ellas, Ustedes PIENSAN
Practice Querer (eie “in boot”) = to want Preferir (eie “in boot”)= to prefer Almorzar (oue “in boot”) = to have for lunch Yo Nosotros, Nosotras Tú Vosotros, Vosotras Él, Ella, Usted Ellos, Ellas, Ustedes Yo Nosotros, Nosotras Tú Vosotros, Vosotras Él, Ella, Usted Ellos, Ellas, Ustedes Practice Querer (eie “in boot”) = to want Merendar (eie “in boot”) = to have for a snack Yo Nosotros, Nosotras Tú Vosotros, Vosotras Él, Ella, Usted Ellos, Ellas, Ustedes Yo Nosotros, Nosotras Tú Vosotros, Vosotras Él, Ella, Usted Ellos, Ellas, Ustedes