Irregular verbs in Spanish Los verbos botas Irregular verbs in Spanish
What are boot verbs? Unlike regular present tense verbs, boot verbs have a change in the stem of the verb as well as the ending. For instance: ENTENDER- to understand ENTEND=Stem ER=ending
Boot Verbs cont. These are called boot verbs because when you draw a line around the forms that change it creates a boot shape. There are three type of boot verbs: Eie EI O ue
Type 1: e ie Entender Entiendo Entendemos Entiendes Entendeis
Other common eie verbs Empezar, comenzar to begin Pensar to think Perder to lose Preferir to prefer Querer to want
TENER, VENIR The verbs tener and venir are called partial stem changing verbs. The yo forms DO NOT have a stem change but have their own irregularity. TENGO TENEMOS TIENES TENEIS TIENE TIENEN
VENIR VENGO VENIMOS VIENES VENIS VIENE VIENEN
TYPE 2: ei SERVIR sirvo Servimos Sirves Servis Sirve sirven
Other common ei verbs Medir to measure Pedir to ask for, to order Repetir to repeat
Type 3: o ue Almorzar Almuerzo Almorzamos Almuerzas Almorzais Almuerzan
Jugar: follows the same pattern as o ue but it changes to u ue. Juego Jugamos Juegas Jugais Juega Juegan
Other common oue verbs: Costar to cost Dormir to sleep Encontrar to find Poder can; to be able to Recordar to remember Sonar to dream Volver to return
QUERER QUIERO QUEREMOS QUIEREN QUEREIS QUIERE
PREFERIR Prefiero Preferemos Prefieres Prefereis Prefiere Prefieren
Los verbos querer y preferir Both querer and preferir can be