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Spanish Stem-Changing Verbs

e→ie

How do these verbs work?

There are certain groups of verbs in

Spanish that have a stem change in the

present tense. The verbs empezar (to

begin), querer (to want), perder (to

lose), and preferir (to prefer) are stem-

changing verbs.

What changes is…..

• The E of the stem changes to IE in all forms except in the form NOSOTROS. The endings ar the same as those of regular verbs (-ar, -er, -ir).

Some verbs that change to e→ie

• Tener

• Querer

• Pensar

• Empezar

• Comenzar

• Perder

• Preferir

• To have

• To want

• To think

• To begin (start)

• To begin (start)

• To lose

• To prefer

Stem-changing verbs give their stems the

boot!That is why they are called “shoe verbs”

Let’s begin with verb Empezar

• But first, let’s just add all the correct endings.

Verb endingsSubject pronoun

- ar -er -ir

Yo -o -o -o

Tú -as -es -es

Él, ella Usted

-a -e -e

Nosotros -amos -emos -imos

Ellos, ellasUstedes

-an -en -en

Empezar (to begin)

Yo emp zo Nosotros empezamos

Tú emp zas Remember the E on the stem changes to IE !!

Él

Ella emp za

Usted

Ellos

Ellas emp zan

Ustedes

This is the stem

ie

ie

ie ie

Some practice with Empezar (to begin)

• El partido empieza a las tres de la tarde.• ¿A qué hora empiezan ustedes a jugar?• Yo empiezo mi práctica de baloncesto hoy.• El otro equipo empieza a ganar.• Nosotros empezamos a perder.

• So, since “querer” (to want) ends en “er” (querer), which endings will we add?

The “er” endings:

• Yo -o

• Tú -es

• Él, ella, usted -e

• Nosotros(as) -emos

• Ellos, ellas, -en

• ustedes

Quererquer quer

quer

quer quer

o emos

e

es

en

Something does not look right…….

Ohh, 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

Let’s practice

• Now let’s change the stems.

• Remember, e can change to ie only within the boot.

• This means the nosotros form never changes!

Querer (to want)

Yo qu ro Nosotros (as) queremos

Tú Qu resÉlElla qu reUsted

EllosEllas qu renUstedes

ie

ie

ie

ie

Some practice with Querer

• Yo quiero ganar el partido de fútbol.

• Tú quieres jugar al baloncesto.

• Juan quiere meter un gol en la portería.

• Nosotros queremos jugar al béisbol.

• Carlos y Tom quieren ver el fútbol

americano.

Prefer ir (to prefer)

Yo prefiero Nosotros preferimos

Tú prefieres

Él

Ella prefiere

Usted

Ellos

Ellas prefieren

Ustedes

This is the stem