1. ¡Unos Verbos Nuevos!
Verbs on fleek

2. Ver: to see Veo- I see Vemos- we see Ves- you see Veis- ya’ll see
Ve- he/she/it sees
You formal see
Ven- they see/they all see

3. Whenever you use VER with a PERSON, put an “A’” right before the person.
Ex: We see the girls = Nosotros vemos A las chicas.
We see the boy. Nosotros vemos Al chico.(a plus el = al)
1.I see the dog. ___________________________________
2.We see the teacher. __________________________________
3. Do you see your friends? __________________________________________

4. E—ie Stem-changing verbs- a verb that changes “e” to “ie” in the stem (middle of the word) Ella/Empezar empez- empiez- Ella empieza

5. The following verbs are special
The following verbs are special. You still have to conjugate them the same way we have been depending on their endings but differently in the middle
-Ar, -Er, -Ir
cerrar (ie) ……………………………………. …to close
empezar (ie) …………………………………. to begin (FOLLOW WITH “a” if you are saying what person starts to do! )
entender (ie) …………………………………. to understand
pensar (ie) …………………………………. to think, to plan
preferir (ie) …………………………………. to prefer
querer (ie) …………………………………. to want

6. But NOW you also have to change the spelling of the STEM in some forms: Stem-changing verbs change in every form but NOSOTROS AND VOSOTROS You STILL have to conjugate. These stem-changing verbs are sometimes called boot verbs. Can you see why?
No stem change

7. Cerrar (ie)  Empezar (ie)  Pensar (ie)  Tener (ie) 
the “ie” next to the verb means that the E becomes an IE in every form but nosotros and vosotros!

8. Cerrar = to close (E becomes IE in every form but nosotros)
 cierro- I close
 cerramos
cierras
Cerráis
 cierra
 cierran

9. Let’s try the AR stem-changers:
We close the door. _______________________________
2.I close my book. ___________________________________

10. empezar = start (E becomes IE in every form but nosotros)
empezar = start (E becomes IE in every form but nosotros) *** follow this verb with an A if you are saying start an activity: ex: Yo empiezo a comer = I start to eat.
 empiezo
Empezamos
 Empiezas
 empezáis
 empieza
 empiezan

11. 1. He starts to study. ______________________________________
2. They start to REST ________________________________________________________
3. My friends and I start to do HW. ____________________________________________________________
4. You start the HW. ____________________________________________________

12. Pensar = to think / plan_ (used with QUE! for that )
pienso
 pensamos
 piensas
 pensáis
 piensa
 piensan

13. 1. I think that math is boring
2. We think that history is interesting. ________________________________________________________________
3. We plan to eat at 5:30. ____________________________________

14. Let’s do the –ER verbs now.
entender (ie) to understand
querer (ie) to want
Tener (ie) – to have
Perder (ie) – to lose

15. entender = _______________________ There are 3 Es in this verb
entender = _______________________ There are 3 Es in this verb! To determine which one to stem-change, 1. look at the ending and 2. stem-change the first E that comes before the ending.

16. Entender = to__understand_____
entiendo
 entendemos
 entiendes
 entendéis
 entiende
 entienden

17. 1. I understand the problem
2.Do you understand science? ______________________________________________________________
3.We understand Spanish. ______________________________________________________________

18. Querer = to want/love_____
quiero
 queremos
 quieres
 queréis
 quiere
 quieren

19. 4. I want to live in a big house
4.I want to live in a big house. ______________________________________________________________ 5.Do you want to eat lunch now? ______________________________________________________________ 6.We don’t want to study. ______________________________________________

20. And finally, the –IR verbs: only one in this chapter
And finally, the –IR verbs: only one in this chapter. Preferir = to prefer. Which E do you stem change?

21. Preferir= to__prefer_____
Prefiero
 Preferimos
 Prefieres
 Preferís
Prefiere
 Prefieren

22. 1. We prefer to eat in the park.
_________________________________________________________________
2. Do you prefer to run or to ride a bike? _________________________________________________________________
3. I don’t prefer the bananas. _________________________________________________________________

23. La tarea 151 and 152 en los cuadernos