Download Spanish Stem-Changing Verbs

Stem Changers
(e to ie)
Stem Changing Verbs e→ie
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Tener
Querer
Pensar
Empezar
Venir
Merendar
Entender
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To have
To want
To think
To begin (start)
To come or arrive
To snack
To understand
Querer
Querer
• Note: the verb “querer” is pronounced:
• Quer- (“care” in English)
• -er (“air” in English
• Querer. Care-air. (rhymes with “Care Bear”)
How do these verbs work?
Stem-changing need to have
a 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?
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The “er” endings:
o
es
e
emos
en
Querer
quer o
quer es
quer e
quer emos
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quer en
Now, let’s add our stem change.
• Remember, only the e in the stem can change.
• querer
• entender If there are more than one e in the
word, 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 form never
changes!
Querer
quier o
quier es
quier e
emos
queremos
X
Quieren
en