Topic: Stem-changing verbs Essential question: How do I conjugate these new verbs and use them?

Verb conjugating – what do we already know? You conjugate a verb when you mention who does it. Every sentence needs a conjugated verb There are two parts to each verb – the stem and the ending There are –ar, -er and –ir verbs The infinitive is the unchanged form of the verb There are some irregulars

Verb conjugating – what do we already know? To conjugate, you take off the original ending and add the conjugation ending For –ar verbs: -o, -as, -a, -amos, -an For –er verbs: -o, -es, -e, -emos, -en For –ir verbs: -o, -es, -e, -imos, -en Ir, ser, estar, dar and tener are irregular

o amos as a an AR VERBS: o emos es e en ER VERBS: o imos es e en IR VERBS:

Pausa…. Tell your pareja 5 important details you have (or will write) in your notes Form and write 3 questions on the left, marking the answers on the right

Stem-changing verbs These are verbs that have a spelling change in the stem when you conjugate them Tener is one you already know. The “e” becomes an “ie” for tienes, tiene, tienen For stem-changing verbs, you will see the stem change in the yo, tú, él/ella/Ud. And ellos/ellas/Uds forms You WILL NOT make a stem change in the nosotros form******

Stem-changing verbs There are four types of stem-changers e-ie o-ue e-i (this will come later) u-ue

Pausa…. Tell your pareja 3 important details you have (or will write) in your notes Form and write 2 questions on the left, marking the answers on the right

e-ie verbs – try it Aside from tener, which you know, you now have these verbs in your vocabulary Perder Empezar Comenzar Preferir Querer Remember, don’t do the stem change in the nosotros form. Write how you would conjugate these verbs --- remember the “e” will become “ie”.

e-ie verbs PERDER: To LOSE STEM: PERD STEM CHANGE: PIERD: EMPEZAR: TO BEGIN, START STEM: EMPEZ STEM CHANGE: EMPIEZ pierdo perdemos pierdes pierde pierden empiezo empezamos empiezas empieza empiezan

Check it… Perder: pierdo, pierdes, pierde, PERDEMOS, pierden Empezar: empiezo, empiezas, empieza, EMPEZAMOS, empiezan Comenzar: comienzo, comienzas, comienza, COMENZAMOS, comienzan Preferir: prefiero, prefieres, prefiere, PREFERIMOS, prefieren Querer: quiero, quieres, quiere, QUEREMOS, quieren

o-ue, u-ue – try it There are some o-ue verbs There is one u-ue verb Poder Dormir Volver Devolver There is one u-ue verb Jugar Conjugate them. Make the stem change and don’t forget not to in the nosotros form.

Check it… Poder: puedo, puedes, puede, PODEMOS, pueden Dormir: duermo, duermes, duerme, DORMIMOS, duermen Volver: vuelvo, vuelves, vuelve, VOLVEMOS, vuelven Devolver: devuelvo, devuelves, devuelve, DEVOLVEMOS, devuelven Jugar: juego, juegas, juega, JUGAMOS, juegan

Pausa…. Tell your pareja 5 important details you have (or will write) in your notes Form and write 3 questions on the left, marking the answers on the right

Don’t forget your summary What did you learn? What was important? How does this relate to what you already know? What was easiest? What will be challenging?

Practice… Write 10 sentences using stem-changing verbs. Translate them.