Unos Verbos Nuevos Ver to see Veo Vemos

¡Unos Verbos Nuevos!

Ver: to see Veo Vemos Ve Ven

Whenever you use VER with a PERSON, put an “A’” right before the person. Ex: We see the girls = Nosotros vemos A las chicas. We see the boy. Nosotros vemos Al chico. (a plus el = al) 1. I see the dog. __________________ 2. We see the teacher. _________________ 3. Do you see your friends? _____________________

Stem-changing verbs

• The following verbs are special. You still have to conjugate them the same way depending on their endings: -Ar, -Er, -Ir (from Section F of your packet) cerrar (ie) …………………. …to close empezar (ie) …………………. to begin (FOLLOW WITH “a” if you are saying what person starts to do! ) entender (ie) …………………. to understand pensar (ie) …………………. to think, to plan preferir (ie) …………………. to prefer querer (ie) …………………. to want

But NOW you also have to change the spelling of the STEM in some forms: Stem-changing verbs change in every form but NOSOTROS. You STILL have to conjugate. These stem-changing verbs are sometimes called boot verbs. Can you see why?

Cerrar (ie) Empezar (ie) Pensar (ie) • the “ie” next to the verb means that the E becomes an IE in every form but nosotros!

Cerrar = to close (E becomes IE in every form but nosotros) cierro

Let’s try the AR stem-changers: • We close the door. ________________ 2. I close my book. __________________

empezar = start (E becomes IE in every form but nosotros) *** follow this verb with an A if you are saying start an activity: ex: Yo empiezo a comer = I start to eat. empiezo

1. He starts to study. ___________________ 2. They start to REST(fix in packet). ____________________ 3. My friends and I start to do HW. ____________________ 4. You start the HW. ____________________

Pensar = tothink / plan_ (used with QUE! for that ) pienso

1. I think that math is boring. ____________________ 2. We think that history is interesting. ____________________ 3. ADD THIS! We plan to eat at 5: 30. __________________

Let’s do the –ER verbs now. entender (ie) to understand querer (ie) to want

entender = ____________ There are 3 Es in this verb! To determine which one to stem-change, 1. look at the ending and 2. stem-change the first E that comes before the ending.

Entender = to__understand_____ entiendo

1. I understand the problem. _____________________ 2. Do you understand science? _____________________ 3. We understand Spanish. _____________________

Querer = to__want/love_____ quiero

4. I want to live in a big house. ________________________ 5. Do you want to eat lunch now? _______________________ 6. We don’t want to study. _______________________

And finally, the –IR verbs: only one in this chapter. Preferir = to prefer. Which E do you stem change?

Preferir= to__prefer_____ Prefiero

1. We prefer to eat in the park. _____________________ 2. Do you prefer to run or to ride a bike? _____________________ 3. I don’t prefer the bananas. _____________________