Stem Changing Verbs Español 1
Singular: yo tu el/ella/Ud. Plural: ellos/ellas/Uds. There is a fairly large group of verbs in Spanish that undergo changes in their stem when conjugated in the present tense. These changes only occur in the following forms… Singular: yo tu el/ella/Ud. Plural: ellos/ellas/Uds. NOTICE: The “nosotros” form follows the regular conjugation rules for infinitive verbs:
There are three types of stem changes. e ie e i Note: All e i verbs are -ir verbs. o ue
PENSAR e ie SINGULAR: yo pienso tu el/ella/Ud. piensas PLURAL: piensa ellos/ellas/Uds. nosotros pienso piensas piensa piensan pensamos
REPETIR e i SINGULAR: yo repito tu el/ella/Ud. repites PLURAL: repites ellos/ellas/Uds. nosotros repito repites repites repiten repetimos
ALMORZAR o ue SINGULAR: yo almuerzo tu el/ella/Ud. almuerzas PLURAL: ellos/ellas/Uds. nosotros almuerzo almuerzas almuerza almuerzan almorzamos
Reminder This presentation includes some basic rules and these rules may apply to some verbs but not others. The best way to learn which verbs follow a certain rule is to learn each verb and practice using it. Learning the rules is one process and learning which verbs follow the rules is another. If you learn each form of the verb you won’t need to learn the rules.
Verbs to Learn CERRAR = to close yo tu el/ella/Ud. ellos/ellas/Uds. nosotros cierro cierras cierra cierran cerramos
Verbs to Learn JUGAR = to play yo tu el/ella/Ud. ellos/ellas/Uds. nosotros juego juegas juega juegan jugamos
EMPEZAR = to start/begin Verbs to Learn EMPEZAR = to start/begin yo tu el/ella/Ud. ellos/ellas/Uds. nosotros empiezo empiezas empieza empiezan empezamos
Verbs to Learn MERENDAR = to snack yo tu el/ella/Ud. ellos/ellas/Uds. nosotros meriendo meriendas merienda meriendan merendamos
Verbs to Learn PENSAR = to think yo tu el/ella/Ud. ellos/ellas/Uds. nosotros pienso piensas piensa piensan pensamos
Verbs to Learn QUERER = to want yo tu el/ella/Ud. ellos/ellas/Uds. nosotros quiero quieres quiere quieren queremos
ENTENDER = to understand Verbs to Learn ENTENDER = to understand yo tu el/ella/Ud. ellos/ellas/Uds. nosotros entiendo entiendes entiende entienden entendemos
Verbs to Learn PERDER = to lose yo tu el/ella/Ud. ellos/ellas/Uds. nosotros pierdo pierdes pierde pierden perdemos
Verbs to Learn PREFERIR = to prefer yo tu el/ella/Ud. ellos/ellas/Uds. nosotros prefiero prefieres prefiere prefieren preferimos
ALMORZAR = to have lunch Verbs to Learn ALMORZAR = to have lunch yo tu el/ella/Ud. ellos/ellas/Uds. nosotros almuerzo almuerzas almuerza almuerzan almorzamos