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The Present Tense of Stem-Changing Verbs: e ie, e i, o ue (El tiempo presente de los verbos de cambio radical) There is a fairly large group of verbs in Spanish that undergo changes in their stem when conjugated in the present tense. These changes occur in all the forms except nosotros/as. These changes occur to ar, er and ir verbs and do not affect the endings we have learned for our conjugations. THEY AFFECT ONLY THE STEM When a line is drawn around the forms that change, the resulting shape vaguely resembles a boot thus, these verbs are sometimes informally called “boot” verbs. There are three types or classes of “boot” verbs. Type 1: e ie We’ll use entender, to understand, as an example of this type. entender entiendo entiendes entiende entendemos entienden Here are some other common e ie verbs: empezar, comenzar to begin pensar (+ infinitive) to think; to plan (to do something) perder to lose preferir to prefer querer to want, to love tener, venir The verbs tener and venir are what might be called partial stem-changing verbs; the yo forms do not have the stem change, but they do have an irregularity. tengo tienes tiene Tengo exámenes mañana. vengo vienes viene Vengo de la biblioteca. tenemos tienen I have exams tomorrow. venimos vienen I’m coming from the library. I call these stem changing GO verbs Type 2: e i We’ll use servir, to serve, as an example of this type. servir sirvo sirves sirve servimos sirven Note: All e i verbs are -ir verbs. Here are some other common e i verbs: medir to measure, to be a certain height pedir to ask for, to request repetir to repeat, to have a second helping teñir to dye, to color Type 3: o ue We’ll use almorzar, to have lunch, as an example of this type. almorzar almuerzo almuerzas almuerza almorzamos almuerzan The verb jugar, to play (games or sports), follows the same pattern as o ue verbs, but the change is u ue. jugar juego juegas juega jugamos juegan Here are some other common o ue verbs: dormir encontrar poder recordar volver to sleep to find to be able; can to remember to return, to come back The verbs querer and preferir Expressing desires and preferences Querer and preferir are important stemchanging verbs that have multiple uses. querer quiero quieres quiere queremos quieren When used with a thing as the direct object, querer means to want. ¿Quiere un sándwich de pollo? Sí, y quiero papas fritas también, por favor. querer quiero quieres quiere queremos quieren When used with a person as the direct object, querer means to love. Quiero mucho a su hija, señor Vega. preferir prefiero prefieres prefiere preferimos prefieren Preferir, of course, means to prefer. ¿Quiere un sándwich de pollo? No señor, prefiero una hamburguesa. Thinking and planning The verb pensar is another very useful stemchanging verb. pienso piensas piensa pensamos piensan FIN