#spanish #grammar
#verb #change #stem #stemChanging
STEM-CHANGING VERBS : O:UE
✏️Remember, there are three types of infinitives: -ar, -er, -ir. Infinitives are made up of two parts: the ending and the stem. In the following examples, the stem is underlined and the ending is in bold.
hablar
comer
vivir
✏️With regular verbs, the stem stays the same, and the ending changes as they are conjugated.
hablo como vivo
hablas comes vives
habla come vive
hablamos comemos vivimos
habláis coméis vivís
hablan comen viven
✏️With some verbs, the stem also changes when you conjugate them. In the present tense, there are three groups of stem-changing verbs:👇
o:ue
e:ie
e:i
✏️With the first group of stem-changing verbs, the letter o in the stem changes to ue in all forms except the nosotros and vosotros.
contar👇
cuento cuentas cuenta contamos contáis cuentan
✏️Here's another o:ue stem changing verb. Compare it to the regular verb comer. Notice that the endings are the same for regular verbs and stem-changing verbs.👇
mover (o:ue)
comer (regular -er verb)
muevo como
mueves comes
mueve come
movemos comemos
movéis coméis
mueven comen
✏️Here's another o:ue stem-changing verb. Notice how the stem doesn't change in the nosotros and vosotros forms.👇
dormir (o:ue)
duermo duermes duerme
dormimos dormís duermen
✏️Here is a list of common o:ue stem-changing verbs.👇
almorzar = to eat lunch
morir = to die
aprobar = to approve
mostrar = to show
colgar = to hang
mover = to move (an object)
contar = to count, to tell
probar = to prove, test, sample, taste
costar = to cost
recordar = to remember
devolver = to return (an object)
resolver = to solve
volver = to return (from someplace)
rogar = to beg, pray
dormir = to sleep
sonar = to sound, ring
encontrar = to find
soñar (con) = to dream (about)
envolver = to wrap
tostar = to toast
morder = to bite
volar = to fly
✏️o:ue stem-changers:👇
o:ue stem-changers (dormir)
duermo
duermes
duerme
dormimos
dormís
duermen
(almorzar, contar, costar, volver, recordar, volar)
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#verb #change #stem #stemChanging
STEM-CHANGING VERBS : O:UE
✏️Remember, there are three types of infinitives: -ar, -er, -ir. Infinitives are made up of two parts: the ending and the stem. In the following examples, the stem is underlined and the ending is in bold.
hablar
comer
vivir
✏️With regular verbs, the stem stays the same, and the ending changes as they are conjugated.
hablo como vivo
hablas comes vives
habla come vive
hablamos comemos vivimos
habláis coméis vivís
hablan comen viven
✏️With some verbs, the stem also changes when you conjugate them. In the present tense, there are three groups of stem-changing verbs:👇
o:ue
e:ie
e:i
✏️With the first group of stem-changing verbs, the letter o in the stem changes to ue in all forms except the nosotros and vosotros.
contar👇
cuento cuentas cuenta contamos contáis cuentan
✏️Here's another o:ue stem changing verb. Compare it to the regular verb comer. Notice that the endings are the same for regular verbs and stem-changing verbs.👇
mover (o:ue)
comer (regular -er verb)
muevo como
mueves comes
mueve come
movemos comemos
movéis coméis
mueven comen
✏️Here's another o:ue stem-changing verb. Notice how the stem doesn't change in the nosotros and vosotros forms.👇
dormir (o:ue)
duermo duermes duerme
dormimos dormís duermen
✏️Here is a list of common o:ue stem-changing verbs.👇
almorzar = to eat lunch
morir = to die
aprobar = to approve
mostrar = to show
colgar = to hang
mover = to move (an object)
contar = to count, to tell
probar = to prove, test, sample, taste
costar = to cost
recordar = to remember
devolver = to return (an object)
resolver = to solve
volver = to return (from someplace)
rogar = to beg, pray
dormir = to sleep
sonar = to sound, ring
encontrar = to find
soñar (con) = to dream (about)
envolver = to wrap
tostar = to toast
morder = to bite
volar = to fly
✏️o:ue stem-changers:👇
o:ue stem-changers (dormir)
duermo
duermes
duerme
dormimos
dormís
duermen
(almorzar, contar, costar, volver, recordar, volar)
@espangles