19. Stem-Changing Verbs

Question 1

What are stem-changing verbs (shoe/boot verbs)?

Answer 1

This is when verbs have two different stems or radicals.

Question 2

What is the stem of a verb?

Answer 2

It is the part of the verb that is left once you take away the -ar, -ir, or -er ending of a verb.

Question 3

In regular verbs, the stem does not change no matter what ending you add on to it.. However, in stem changing verbs, the stem will change in every conjugation but two. What two conjugations does the stem not change?

Answer 3

All conjugations forms except for nosotros and vosotros.

Question 4

What are the three different stem-changing patters?

Answer 4

1. E changes to IE
2. O changes to UE
3. E. changes to I