This verb belongs to the group which gets a change of the last e in the stem into an i.
It’s convenient to think about this change as happening only in:
persons 1st, 2nd, 3rd singular and 3rd plural of Presente Indicativo
3rd person singular & plural of Pretérito Perfecto Simple
Gerundio
but influencing all the grammatical persons of all the Imperative and simple Subjunctive tenses. That’s because their forms are created based on either the 3rd person singular of Presente de Indicativo or the 3rd person plural of Pretérito Perfecto Simple de Indicativo.
The 1st person singular may also be entirely irregular here, and in such case it doesn’t follow this model. And when the first person of the Present tense is irregular, all the above mentioned tenses, which normally use the 3rd person’s form as the basis of their conjugation, use the 1st person’s form instead.
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Spelling Correction (change g to j)
Because the pronunciation is different when the letter g is followed by a/o/u and different when followed by e/i, we need to change the spelling of the stem to preserve the pronunciation of the infinitive. The letter j when followed by a/o/u is pronounced like the letter g when followed by e/i.
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Two Notes for the Stem (change e to i, change g to j)
This verb belongs to the group which gets a change of the last e in the stem into an i.
It’s convenient to think about this change as happening only in:
persons 1st, 2nd, 3rd singular and 3rd plural of Presente Indicativo
3rd person singular & plural of Pretérito Perfecto Simple
Gerundio
but influencing all the grammatical persons of all the Imperative and simple Subjunctive tenses. That’s because their forms are created based on either the 3rd person singular of Presente de Indicativo or the 3rd person plural of Pretérito Perfecto Simple de Indicativo.
The 1st person singular may also be entirely irregular here, and in such case it doesn’t follow this model. And when the first person of the Present tense is irregular, all the above mentioned tenses, which normally use the 3rd person’s form as the basis of their conjugation, use the 1st person’s form instead.
Because the pronunciation is different when the letter g is followed by a/o/u and different when followed by e/i, we need to change the spelling of the stem to preserve the pronunciation of the infinitive. The letter j when followed by a/o/u is pronounced like the letter g when followed by e/i.
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Irregular Stem (change e to i)
This verb belongs to the group which gets a change of the last e in the stem into an i. Both 1-letter changes (e->i and o->u) influence the Gerundio form as well.
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Irregular Stem (change e to i)
This verb belongs to the group which gets a change of the last e in the stem into an i.
It’s convenient to think about this change as happening only in:
persons 1st, 2nd, 3rd singular and 3rd plural of Presente Indicativo
3rd person singular & plural of Pretérito Perfecto Simple
Gerundio
but influencing all the grammatical persons of all the Imperative and simple Subjunctive tenses. That’s because their forms are created based on either the 3rd person singular of Presente de Indicativo or the 3rd person plural of Pretérito Perfecto Simple de Indicativo.
Note: the above is true when the 1st person singular of Presente is not completely irregular. If it is, tenses which normally use the 3rd person’s form as the basis of their conjugation, use the 1st person’s form of Presente instead.
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Always Opposite Letter (use the opposite letter)
The second person singular always uses an “opposite” letter than the other persons in this tense. The opposite means that when other persons use a this person uses e and when others use e it uses a.
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Difference in Spelling (add the accent)
Only the second person plural has an accent in the ending in this tense.
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Spelling Correction (add the accent)
The first person plural gets an accent. Without it the stress would move to the next vowel which wouldn’t match the pronunciation. That is because we stress the next to last syllable and only this person has two syllables in the ending, so only in this case the stress would move to the first syllable of the ending.
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Two Notes for the Stem (change e to i, change g to j)
This verb belongs to the group which gets a change of the last e in the stem into an i. Both 1-letter changes (e->i and o->u) influence the Gerundio form as well.
Because the pronunciation is different when the letter g is followed by a/o/u and different when followed by e/i, we need to change the spelling of the stem to preserve the pronunciation of the infinitive. The letter j when followed by a/o/u is pronounced like the letter g when followed by e/i.
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Two Notes for the Stem (change e to i, change g to j)
This verb belongs to the group which gets a change of the last e in the stem into an i. Both 1-letter changes (e->i and o->u) influence the Gerundio form as well.
Because the pronunciation is different when the letter g is followed by a/o/u and different when followed by e/i, we need to change the spelling of the stem to preserve the pronunciation of the infinitive. The letter j when followed by a/o/u is pronounced like the letter g when followed by e/i.
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Two Notes for the Stem (change e to i, change g to j)
This verb belongs to the group which gets a change of the last e in the stem into an i. Both 1-letter changes (e->i and o->u) influence the Gerundio form as well.
Because the pronunciation is different when the letter g is followed by a/o/u and different when followed by e/i, we need to change the spelling of the stem to preserve the pronunciation of the infinitive. The letter j when followed by a/o/u is pronounced like the letter g when followed by e/i.
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Two Notes for the Stem (change e to i, change g to j)
This verb belongs to the group which gets a change of the last e in the stem into an i. Both 1-letter changes (e->i and o->u) influence the Gerundio form as well.
Because the pronunciation is different when the letter g is followed by a/o/u and different when followed by e/i, we need to change the spelling of the stem to preserve the pronunciation of the infinitive. The letter j when followed by a/o/u is pronounced like the letter g when followed by e/i.
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Yes, we are planning to add pronunciation, ideally for each form separately, not just for the infinitive forms. We weren’t sure how useful it would be for people, so thanks for this suggestion and feedback!
Dear Prof. Tom Tomatin and Team,
I would find it the most useful thing if each form had a pronunciation! While I’m trying to learn Spanish in general, each week I am reading some Spanish in church. Sometimes I get it right and others not.
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Can you make verb lists to practice specific verbs. My son is 10 and does powerspeak spanish. I would love to be able to add in the specific verbs that he is studying and have him do exercises with them every day. Thanks
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An amazing website! I have used it all year to help me with my Spanish class and I see it even has the gerund form or words! You are amazing. Thank you!
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Could you add pronunciation ?
other then that this web site is a blessing! Thanks!
Yes, we are planning to add pronunciation, ideally for each form separately, not just for the infinitive forms. We weren’t sure how useful it would be for people, so thanks for this suggestion and feedback!
Dear Prof. Tom Tomatin and Team,
I would find it the most useful thing if each form had a pronunciation! While I’m trying to learn Spanish in general, each week I am reading some Spanish in church. Sometimes I get it right and others not.
I love your website!!
This is a great website. There are times when you run into glitches and this was one of them. Thanks for your help!
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Thank you! :D
Can you make verb lists to practice specific verbs. My son is 10 and does powerspeak spanish. I would love to be able to add in the specific verbs that he is studying and have him do exercises with them every day. Thanks
Hi Lauren – yes, we have the Verb Basket for exactly this purpose. Because the website is being redesigned now, the Basket is temporarily not visible, but it should be back tomorrow.
Verb Basket is available again. It’s located in the Practice/Exercise section at the bottom of configuration options.
What is the difference between pretirito pluscumperfecto A and B?
Hi Nick, good question. A and B are only variations of the same tense. Both are equal in meaning. Usage depends on location and context. For instance:
These tenses are sometimes presented together on one chart, like:
We chose to separate them for several reasons:
Tenses may be enabled and disabled in options: Select tenses to include in exercises and conjugation.
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Great site! Thank you guys, with you the conjugation is a piece of cake :)
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An amazing website! I have used it all year to help me with my Spanish class and I see it even has the gerund form or words! You are amazing. Thank you!
Thank you Moriah! We’re very happy you find it helpful!
Very helpful for beginners like me. Almost everything I need is here.