Los verbos de cambio radical (zapato/bota): e→ie o→ue u→ue e→i
Los verbos que cambian e→ie Tener Querer Pensar Empezar Comenzar Perder To have To want To think To begin (start) To lose
Querer
Querer Note: the verb “querer” is pronounced: Quer- (“care” in English) -er (“air” in English Querer. Care-air. (rhymes with “Care Bear”)
Empezar Comenzar
Perder
How do these verbs work?
Stem-changing verbs give their stems the boot!
Querer
Querer First, let’s just add all the correct endings.
Verb endings If a verb ends in –ar, you add: o as a amos an
Verb endings If a verb ends in –er, you add: o es e emos en if a verb ends in –ir, you add: o es e imos en
So, since “querer” ends en “er” (querer), which endings will we add? The “er” endings: o es e emos en
Querer o emos quer queréis es e en
Now, let’s add our stem change. Remember, only the e in the stem can change. querer perder If there are two e’s in the stem, the second one always changes. preferir empezar
Now let’s change the stems. Remember, e can change to ie only within the boot. This means the nosotros/vosotros forms never changes!
Querer emos quier queremos queréis Quieren o es e en
The u→ue and o→ue verbs work the same way. Poder Jugar Dormir Soñar Volver Devolver to be able to (can) to play to sleep to dream to return (to a place) to return (a thing)
First, find the o or u in the stem that is going to change Poder Jugar Dormir Soñar Volver Devolver
Then, decide which verb endings you will use. For jugar: o as a amos an For poder: o es e emos en
JUGAR juego jugamos juegas jugáis juega juegan
Poder p__d pod podéis ue o emos ue es ue ue e en
Los verbos e→i Pedir Pido Pides Pide Pedimos Pedís Piden Servir Sirvo Sirves Sirve Servimos Servís Sirven Decir Digo Dices Dice Decimos Decís Dicen Sonreír Sonrío Sonríes Sonríe Sonreímos Sonreís Sonríen Reír Río Ríes Ríe Reímos Reís Ríen