4.5: Gramática- Verbos con cambio de raíz (e-ie)
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- Erica Brown, Alejandra Escudero, María Cristina Montoya, & Elizabeth Small
- SUNY Oneonta via OER SUNY
Objetivos
- Recognize the correct conjugation of e-ie stem-changing verbs
With this group of verbs, the stem vowel e changes to an ie in all of the forms except the first and second person plural.
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Comenzar ( to start, to begin ) |
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| Singular | Plural | |
| 1a | comienzo | comenzamos |
| 2a | comienzas | comenzáis |
| 3a | comienza | comienzan |
Note that the nosotros and vosotros forms do not change their ‘e’ to ‘ie’, because the stress in those forms falls on the next syllable.
And remember that the stem-changing vowel does not affect the personal ending for the verb, which depends on who the subject is and whether the verb is in the -AR, -ER, or -IR conjugation group. Here’s an example of a familiar -ER verb that has the e-ie stem change:
| Querer ( to want ) | ||
| Singular | Plural | |
| 1a | quiero | queremos |
| 2a | quieres | queréis |
| 3a | quiere | quieren |
Venir
The verb venir means “to come”, and it has the same irregularities as tener when conjugated in the present tense. But it doesn’t have so many idiomatic uses!
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venir ( to come ) |
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| singular | plural | |
| 1a | yo ven go | nosotros ven imos |
| 2a | tú vienes | vosotros ven ís |
| 3a | él viene ella viene usted viene | ellos vienen ellas vienen ustedes vienen |
- Ellos vienen a la universidad todos los días. ( They come to the university every day. )
- ¿A qué hora vienes a la clase de español? ( At what time do you come to Spanish class? )
Vocabulario: algunos verbos con cambio de raíz e – ie
- Cerrar ( to close )
- Comenzar (t o start, to begin )
- Empezar ( to start, to begin )
- Entender ( to understand )
- Pensar ( to think )
- Preferir ( to prefer )
- Perder ( to lose )
- Querer ( to want )
- Sentir ( to feel )
- Tener ( to have ) (yo tengo, tú tienes…)
- Venir ( to come ) (yo vengo, tú vienes…)
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- Gramática: Verbos con cambio de raíz (e-ie). Authored by : SUNY Oneonta with Lumen Learning. Provided by : SUNY Oneonta. License : CC BY: Attribution