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7.6: Verbos que cambian de raíz

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    gramática: verbos que cambian de raíz (stem changing verbs)

    una comparación - presente / pretérito

    jugar (to play) - presente jugar - pretérito
    juego jugamos jugué jugamos
    juegas (jugáis) jugaste (jugasteis)
    juega juegan jugó jugaron

    Note that -ar verbs do not stem change in the preterit.

    volver (to return) - presente volver - pretérito
    vuelvo volvemos volví volvimos
    vuelves (volvéis) volviste (volvisteis)
    vuelve vuelven volvió volviernon

    Note that -er verbs do not stem change in the preterit.

    dormir (to sleep) - presente dormir - pretérito
    duermo dormimos dormí dormimos
    duermes (dormís) dormiste (dormisteis)
    duerme duermen durmió durmieron

    Note that -ir verbs do stem change in the preterit, but only in the él / ella / Usted and ellos / ellas / ustedes conjugations and instead of changing o--> ue they change o-->u.

    divertirse (to have fun) - presente divertirse - pretérito
    me divierto nos divertimos me divertí nos divertimos
    te diviertes (os divertís) te divertiste (os divertís)
    se divierte se divierten se divirtió se divirtieron

    Note that -ir verbs do stem change in the preterit, but only in the él / ella / Usted and ellos / ellas / ustedes conjugations and instead of changing e--> ie they change e-->i.

    pedir (to ask for or to order (food)) - presente pedir - pretérito
    pido pedimos pedí pedimos
    pides (pedís) pediste (pedisteis)
    pide piden pidió pidieron

    Note that -ir verbs do stem change in the preterit, but only in the él / ella / Usted and ellos / ellas / ustedes conjugations. When they change e-->i in the present, they also change e-->i in the preterit.

    Verbos con cambios ortográficos - Verbs with spell changes

    apagar - to turn off

                                            apagué        apagamos

                                            apagaste      (apagasteis)

                                            apagó          apagaron

     

    Why is the ¨u¨ added in the yo conjugation? What would the pronunciation be if it were not added? You can either remember that the ¨u¨ is added in the yo conjugation for verbs that end in -gar, or you can remember that the pronunciation of the ¨g¨ needs to stay the same as in the infinitive, and spell accordingly. 

    tocar - to touch, to play

                                         toqué        tocamos

                                         tocaste     (tocasteis)

                                         tocó          tocaron

     

    Why does the ¨c¨ change to a ¨qu¨ in the yo conjugation? What would the pronunciation be if that change were not made? You can either remember that this spell change happens in the yo conjugation of the preterite for verbs that end in -car, or you can remember that the pronunciation of the ¨c¨ needs to stay the same as in the infinitive, and spell accordingly. 

    almorzar - to eat lunch

                                        almorcé       almorzamos

                                        almorzaste  (almorzasteis)

                                        almorzó       almorzaron

     

    This spell change isn´t as easy to remember based on pronunciation rules. You may just want to remember that for words that end in -zar, the ¨z¨ changes to a ¨c¨ in the ¨yo¨ conjugation. As far as general spelling / pronunciation goes, the ¨ze¨ and ¨zi¨ combinations are not commonly used. The ¨ce¨ and ¨ci¨ are used instead. So, we have: za, ce, ci, zo, zu

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