In this article, we'll take a look at the following
present tense stem changes:
e > ie changes
o > ue changes
e > i changes
i > ie changes
u > ue changes
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1. e > ie Changes
This type of stem change
affects the largest number of verbs. For verbs in this group, the e in the last syllable of the stem changes
to ie. Check out an example of this in
the conjugation table for the verb querer (to
want).
| querer | |
| Yo | quiero |
| tú | quieres |
| él/ella/Ud. | quiere |
| nosotros | queremos |
| vosotros | queréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | quieren |
Present tense stem changes do not apply to nosotros and
vosotros forms.
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| Spanish | English | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| to guess | to attend to | ||
| to cross | to warm | ||
| to close | to begin | ||
| to confess | to freeze | ||
| to defend | to descend | ||
| to wake up | to have fun | ||
| to begin | to light/ignite | ||
| to enclose | to understand | ||
| to scrub/wash | to govern | ||
| to lie | to deny | ||
| to snow | to think | ||
| to lose | to prefer | ||
| to recommend | to mend/patch | ||
| to sit down | to feel | ||
| to suggest | to have | ||
| to stumble | to come |
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