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Conjugating Stem Change Verbs<br />

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What’s the ‘stem’ of a verb?<br />The STEM (or root) of a verb is the part of a verb that has no endings on it.<br />EJEMPLO= habl, com, escrib<br />This is where there is a special change in these type of verbs, in ADDITION to regular endings in conjugation.<br />

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TYPES of Stem Change (Boot) VerbsThere are 4 Types1. E IE2. EI3. O UE4. U UE<br />

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1. E IEThe ‘E’ in the stem changes to ‘IE’ in all forms EXCEPT NOSOTROS and VOSOTROS.EJEMPLO- Pensar (to think, plan on)<br />

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E IE pensar<br />

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2. E IThe ‘E’ in the stem changes to ‘I’ in all forms EXCEPT NOSOTROS and VOSOTROS.EJEMPLO- servir (to serve)<br />

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3. OUEThe ‘O’ in the stem changes to ‘UE’ in all forms EXCEPT NOSOTROS and VOSOTROS.EJEMPLO-PODER(to be able)<br />

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4. UUEThe ‘U’ in the stem changes to ‘UE’ in all forms EXCEPT NOSOTROS and VOSOTROS.EJEMPLO-JUGAR (to play sport)<br />

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PRACTICE<br />CONJUGATE PERDER (EIE)<br />CLICK NEXT TO SEE IF YOU CONJUGATED CORRECTLY<br />

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PIERDO PERDEMOSPIERDES PERDÉISPIERDE PIERDEN<br />