Verbos que cambian de raizes

Stem-changing verbs (verbos que cambian de raíz)

What is the stem of a verb?

Like the stem of a plant, or the beginning of that plant, the stem of a verb particularly is the beginning few letters of a verb that do not conjugate.

Multiple Choice

the stem of a verb is...

• the part of a verb that conjugates

• the first few letters of a verb that do not conjugate

• not sure yet

What is a stem-changing verb?

A verb where there is a vowel change at the beginning before you conjugate.
(there's a long explanation as to why this happens)

Stem-Changing Verbs

Jugar - to play
u --> ue = new stem after conjugating is jueg

* EXCEPT FOR NOSOTROS/VOSOTROS, KEEP THE SAME Jug-

Tener - to have
e --> ie = new stem after conjugating is tien


* EXCEPT FOR NOSOTROS/VOSOTROS, KEEP THE SAME ten-

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Which words need to stem-change before conjugating?

• hablar

• jugar

• tener

• comer

All stems change except for when conjugating "nosotros"

Jugar

Tener

All stems change except for when conjugating "nosotros"

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