Present Tense Stem-changing Verbs oue ei. Remember, there are three types of infinitives: -ar, -er, -ir. Infinitives are made up of two parts: the ending.

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1 Present Tense Stem-changing Verbs oue ei

2 Remember, there are three types of infinitives: -ar, -er, -ir. Infinitives are made up of two parts: the ending and the stem. In the following examples, the stem is underlined and the ending is in bold. hablar comer vivir

3 Endings on Regular Verbs With regular verbs, the stem stays the same, and the ending changes as they are conjugated. Hablo, hablas, habla, hablamos, hablan Como, comes, come, comemos, comen Vivo, vives, vive, vivimos, viven

4 Stem-changing Verb With some verbs, the stem also changes when you conjugate them. In the present tense, there are four groups of stem-changing verbs: we have already learned eie Now we will learn oue e i

5 Stem-Changing Verbs (o > ue) almorzar costar dormir encontrar volver poder to eat lunch to cost to sleep to find to return, to come back to be able to, can

6 o ue With the o-ue group of stem-changing verbs, the letter o in the stem changes to ue in all forms except the nosotros and vosotros. Poder (to be able to) Stem-change verbs are sometimes called boot verbs. Do you remember why? puedopodemos puedespodéis puedepueden

7 Stem-Changing Verbs (e > i) servir pedir to serve to order, ask

8 e i With the e-i group of stem-changing verbs, the letter e in the stem changes to i in all forms except the nosotros and vosotros. servir (to serve) This form also follows the boot pattern sirvoservimos sirvesservís sirvesirven

9 volver (o:ue) comer (regular -er verb) vuelvo como vuelves comes vuelve come volvemos comemos volvéis coméis vuelven comen Here's another e:ie stem changing verb. Compare it to the regular verb hablar. Notice that the endings are the same for regular verbs and stem-changing verbs.

10 Here's an e:i stem changing verb. Compare it to the regular verb comer. Notice that the endings are the same for regular verbs and stem-changing verbs pedir (e:i) escribir (regular -er verb) pido escribo pides escribes pide escribe pedimos escribimos pedís escribís piden escriben

11 Here's another o:ue and e:ie stem-changing verb. Notice how the stem doesn't change in the nosotros or vosotros. dormir (o:ue) duermo duermes duerme dormimos dormís duermen servir (e:i) sirvo sirves sirve servimos servís sirven