THE PRESENT TENSE OF VERBS WITH STEM CHANGES – SPANISH VERBS

 Spanish verbs. Stem- changing verbs do not follow the regular verb patterns of conjugation, changing a vowel in the stem. This change affects to all the persons in the singular and the third person of plural.   VERBS ENDING IN –AR AND –ER   Verbs ending in –ar and –er with the stem vowel e […]

Spanish verbs. Stem- changing verbs do not follow the regular verb patterns of conjugation, changing a vowel in the stem. This change affects to all the persons in the singular and the third person of plural.

Spanish verbs VERBS ENDING IN –AR AND –ER

Verbs ending in –ar and –er with the stem vowel e change to ie in all the forms except in the nosotros and vosotros

Cerrar (to close)		Querer (to love, to want)
Cierro	Cerramos	Quiero	Queremos
Cierras	Cerráis	Quieres	Queréis
Cierra	Cierran	Quiere	Quieren

The following is  a list of commonly used verbs that follow this pattern:

-ar		-er
Acertar	To guess	Defender	To defend
Atravesar	To cross	Descender	To descent
Comenzar	To start, to begin	Encender	To light up
Confesar	To confess	Entender	To understand
Despertar	To wake up	Perder	To lose, to miss
Encerrar	To lock in
Gobernar	to rule
Helar	To freeze
Negar	To deny
Nevar	To snow

Verbs ending in –ar and –er with the stem vowel o change to ue in all the forms except in the nosotros and vosotros

Contar (to count, to tell)		Volver (to return)
Cuento	Contamos	Vuelvo	Volvemos
Cuentas	Contáis	Vuelves	Volvéis
Cuenta	Cuentan	Vuelve	Vuelven

The following is a list of commonly used verbs that follow this pattern:

-ar		-er
Acordar	To remember	Devolver	To return
Acostar	To go to bed	Doler	To hurt
Almorzar	To eat lunch	Llover	To rain
Aprobar	To approve	Morder	To bite
Colgar	To hang	Mover	To move
Costar	To cost	Oler	To smell
Demostrar	To prove	Poder	To be able to
Encontrar	To find	Resolver	To solve
Jugar	To play
Mostrar	To show

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VERBS ENDING IN –IR

preferir (to prefer)
Prefiero	Preferimos
Prefieres	Preferís
Prefiere	Prefieren

See the list of stem-change verbs with e>ie:

-ir e>ie
Advertir	To warn	Presentir	To predict
Convertir	To convert	Referir	To refer to
Divertir	To have a good time	Sentir	To regret
Hervir	To boil	Sentir –se	To feel
Mentir	To lie

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Spanish verbs -Verbs ending in –ir with the stem vowel o change to ue :

dormir (to sleep)
Duermo	Dormimos
Duermes	Dormís
Duerme	Duermen

Verbs ending in –ir with the stem vowel e change to i :

Pedir (to ask for, to request)
Pido	Pedimos
Pides	Pedís
Pide	Piden

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Spanish verbs – VERBS ENDING IN –UIR

Verbs ending in –uir add a y following the u in all forms except nosotros and vosotros forms.

Incluir (to include)
Incluyo	Incluimos
Incluyes	Incluís
Incluye	Incluyen

Other verbs that follow this pattern: 

-uir add y
Atribuir	To attribute	Distribuir	To distribute
Concluir	To conclude	Huir	To flee
Contribuir	To contribute	Influir	To influence
Destruir	To destroy	Sustituir	To substitute

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— Monica Bernabe Perez