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Grammar Summary
Spanish-2 Unidad 1 Etapa 2
Review of Stem-Changing Verbs
There are several verbs in Spanish that have a
spelling change in the stem of the verb (the part before the ending). There are four
different kinds of spelling changes in the Present Indicative Tense, as shown in the chart
below. Remember that the spelling change does not occur in the nosotros and vosotros forms, because the stress does not fall on the changing vowel in those
forms.
| e-->ie recomendar |
o-->ue mostrar |
e-->i servir |
u-->ue jugar |
| recomiendo |
muestro |
sirvo |
juego |
| recomiendas |
muestras |
sirves |
juegas |
| recomienda |
muestra |
sirve |
juega |
| recomendamos |
mostramos |
servimos |
jugamos |
| recomendais |
mostrais |
servis |
jugais |
| recomiendan |
muestran |
sirven |
juegan |
Irregular Preterite Verbs
In Etapa 1, you reviewed five irregular verbs in the preterite: ir, ser, dar, ver and
hacer. Like hacer, the following verbs have irregular stems in the
preterite, but as a group they all have the same set of endings.
| VERB |
STEM |
Preterite Endings |
| andar- to walk |
anduv- |
e, iste, o, imos, isteis,
ieron |
| decir - to say, tell |
dij- |
e, iste, o, imos, isteis, eron |
| estar - to be |
estuv- |
e, iste, o, imos, isteis,
ieron |
| poder - to be able to |
pud- |
e, iste, o, imos, isteis,
ieron |
| poner - to put |
pus- |
e, iste, o, imos, isteis,
ieron |
| querer - to want |
quis- |
e, iste, o, imos, isteis,
ieron |
| saber - to know |
sup- |
e, iste, o, imos, isteis,
ieron |
| tener - to have |
tuv- |
e, iste, o, imos, isteis,
ieron |
| traer - to bring |
traj- |
e, iste, o, imos, isteis, eron |
| venir - to come |
vin- |
e, iste, o, imos, isteis,
ieron |
| conducir - to drive |
conduj- |
e, iste, o, imos, isteis, eron |
| producir - to produce |
produj- |
e, iste, o, imos, isteis, eron |
| traducir - to translate |
traduj- |
e, iste, o, imos, isteis, eron |
| Note that verbs with stems that end in j drop the i of the 3rd person plural ending
(as shown in red) |
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