Review of Stem-Changing Verbs and Reflexive Verbs in Present Tense

Regular Present Tense Verb Endings AR VERBS o as a amos áis an ER VERBS o es e emos éis en IR VERBS o es e imos ís en

Stem-Changing Verbs, also known as “boot verbs” There are 4 types of stem-changers oue eie ei uue * (jugar is the only verb with this change) Unfortunately, the only way to know if a verb is a stem-changer is to memorize it.

List of Common Stem-Changers OUE Almorzar – to eat lunch Dormir – to sleep Morir – to die Volver – to return Contar – to count Costar – to cost Encontrar – to find Recordar – to remember Volar – to fly Mostrar – to show EIE Pensar – to think Cerrar – to close Comenzar – to start/begin Empezar – to start/begin Entender – to understand Perder – to lose Preferir – to prefer Sentar(se) – to sit Sentir(se) – to feel EI Repetir – to repeat Pedir – to ask for Servir – to serve Vestir(se) – to get dressed

Encontrar -AR -ER -IR o o o as es es a e e amos emos imos áis éis ís an en en O  UE Encontr Encuentr Yo encuentro Nosotros encontramos Tú encuentras Vosotros encontráis Él, Ella, Ud. encuentra Ellos, Ellas, Uds. encuentran

Los Verbos Reflexivos In the reflexive construction, the subject is also the object A person does as well as receives the action…

How do you form these verbs? levantarse 1. Put the “se” aside, conjugate the verb as always… Add the reflexive pronoun in front of the conjugated verb. To make it negative, add “no” in front of the pronoun. To have the subject in the sentence, write it in front of the pronoun or in front of “no” if it is a negative statement. me levanto nos levantamos te levantas os levantáis se levanta se levantan

despertarse (ie) vestirse (i) me nos te os se se despierto despertamos despiertas despertáis despierta despiertan vestirse (i) me nos te os se se visto vestimos vistes vestís viste visten

acostarse (ue) Dormirse (ue) me nos te os se se acuesto acostamos acuestas acostáis acuesta acuestan Dormirse (ue) me nos te os se se duermo dormimos duermes dormís duerme duermen

Por ejemplo: Yo me levanto a las ocho de la mañana. Ella se despierta muy temprano. ¿A qué hora te desayunas cada día? Mis hermanas se maquillan en su cuarto. Nosotros nos acostamos muy tarde. Pepito se baña en el baño. I get up at eight in the morning. She wakes up very early. At what time do you have breakfast every day? My sisters put on makeup in their room. We go to bed very late. Pepito takes a bath in the bathroom.