Spanish Stem-Changing Verbs Cheat Sheet

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Spanish Stem-Changing Verbs. e:ie, o:ue, u:ue, e:i. Descubre 1 Chapter 4, Capítulo 4.

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e:ie stem-changing verbs

Begin with your infinitive	empezar
Chop off your ending to leave just the stem	empez-
Change the e in the last syllable of the stem to an ie	empiez-
Conjugate like normal	empezar
yo	empiezo
tú	empiezas
él, ella, usted	empieza
nosotros/nosotras*	empezamos*
ellos, ellas, ustedes	empiezan

*The nosotros/nosotras form NEVER has a stem change.
Remember, e:ie stem-changing verbs can be -ar, -er, OR -ir verbs, so conjugate the endings as necessary.

o:ue stem-changing verbs

Begin with your infinitive	volver
Chop off your ending to leave just the stem	vol-
Change the o in the last syllable of the stem to a ue	vuelv-
Conjugate like normal	volver
yo	vuelvo
tú	vuelves
él, ella, usted	vuelve
nosotros/nosotras*	volvemos*
ellos, ellas, ustedes	vuelven

*The nosotros/nosotras form NEVER has a stem change.
Remember, o:ue stem-changing verbs can be -ar, -er, OR -ir verbs, so conjugate the endings as necessary.

u:ue stem-changing verbs

Begin with your infinitive	jugar
Chop off your ending to leave just the stem	jug-
Change the u in the last syllable of the stem to a ue	jueg-
Conjugate like normal	jugar
yo	juego
tú	juegas
él, ella, usted	juega
nosotros/nosotras*	jugamos*
ellos, ellas, ustedes	juegan

*The nosotros/nosotras form NEVER has a stem change.
Jugar is the only verb in Spanish that has a u:ue stem change.

e:i stem-changing verbs

Begin with your infinitive	pedir
Chop off your ending to leave just the stem	ped-
Change the e in the last syllable of the stem to an i	pid-
Conjugate like normal	pedir
yo	pido
tú	pides
él, ella, usted	pide
nosotros/nosotras*	pedimos*
ellos, ellas, ustedes	piden

*The nosotros/nosotras form NEVER has a stem change.
e:i stem-changing verbs can only be -ir verbs.
However, this does not mean every -ir verb that changes stem is an e:i stem-changing verb, only that all e:i stem-changing verbs happen to only be -ir verbs.

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Spanish Stem-Changing Verbs Cheat Sheet

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