Eveling Hondros Spanish 101 42 StemChanging Verbs Remember

Eveling Hondros Spanish 101 -42

Stem-Changing Verbs Remember that in Spanish there are three groups of stem-changing verbs. The stem change occurs in all forms except the nosotros(as) and vosotros(as) forms.

e ie Entender : to understand entiendo entendemos entiendes entendéis entienden

e ie preferir • to prefer empezar • to begin querer • to want, to love pensar • to think comenzar • to begin

e i Servir: to serve sirvo sirves sirve servimos servís sirven Note: All e i verbs are -ir verbs.

e i to serve to repeat to laugh to smile to follow, continue to dress • Servir • repetir • reír • Sonreír • seguir • vestirse

o ue Almorzar: to have lunch almuerzo almuerzas almuerza almorzamos almorzáis almuerzan

o ue contar costar encontrar recordar volar dormir volver devolver acostarse almorzar to count, tell a story to cost to find, meet to remember to fly to sleep to return something to go to bed to eat lunch

The verbs querer and preferir Expressing desires and preferences Querer and preferir are important stemchanging verbs that have multiple uses.

¿Quiere un sándwich de pollo? querer means to want Sí, y quiero papas fritas también, por favor.

Quiero mucho a su hija, señor Vega. querer means to love

¿Quiere un sándwich de pollo? Preferir, of course, means to prefer. No señor, prefiero una hamburguesa.