Spanish Stem-Changing Verbs e→ie. How do these verbs work? There are certain groups of verbs in...

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Spanish Stem- Changing Verbs e→ie

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Page 1: 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.

Spanish Stem-Changing Verbs

e→ie

Page 2: 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.

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.

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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).

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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

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Stem-changing verbs give their stems the

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

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Let’s begin with verb Empezar

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

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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

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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

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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.

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• 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

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Quererquer quer

quer

quer quer

o emos

e

es

en

Something does not look right…….

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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

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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!

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Querer (to want)

Yo qu ro Nosotros (as) queremos

Tú Qu resÉlElla qu reUsted

EllosEllas qu renUstedes

ie

ie

ie

ie

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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.

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Prefer ir (to prefer)

Yo prefiero Nosotros preferimos

Tú prefieres

Él

Ella prefiere

Usted

Ellos

Ellas prefieren

Ustedes

This is the stem