1. SPANISH STEM-CHANGING VERBS E → IE E → I O → UE U >> UE

2. LOS VERBOS QUE CAMBIAN E → IE TENER QUERER PENSAR EMPEZAR COMENZAR PERDER TO HAVE TO WANT TO THINK TO BEGIN (START) TO LOSE

3. HOW DO THESE VERBS WORK?

4. STEM-CHANGING VERBS GIVE THEIR STEMS THE BOOT!

5. ONLY THE FORMS IN THE BOOT SHAPE CHANGE THEIR STEM. THAT MEANS NOSOTROS DOES NOT CHANGE.

6. IF A VERB ENDS IN – ER, YOU ADD: O ES E EMOS EN IF A VERB ENDS IN – IR, YOU ADD: O ES E IMOS EN IF A VERB ENDS IN –AR, YOU ADD: O AS A AMOS AN KEEP ALL ORIGNAL ENDINGS

7. QUERER quer oemos e es en

8. NOW, LET’S ADD OUR STEM CHANGE. REMEMBER, ONLY THE E IN THE STEM CAN CHANGE. QUER ER PERD ER IF THERE ARE TWO E’S IN THE STEM, THE SECOND ONE ALWAYS CHANGES. PREFER IR EMPEZ AR

9. NOW LET’S CHANGE THE STEMS. REMEMBER, E CAN CHANGE TO IE ONLY WITHIN THE BOOT. THIS MEANS THE NOSOTROS FORM NEVER CHANGES!

10. QUERER quierquer quier o emos e es en

11. THE U → UE AND O → UE VERBS WORK THE SAME WAY. PODER JUGAR DORMIR SOÑAR VOLVER DEVOLVER TO BE ABLE TO (CAN) TO PLAY TO SLEEP TO DREAM TO RETURN (TO A PLACE) TO RETURN (A THING)