Radical-Changing Verbs (AQA A-Level Spanish): Flashcards
📚Flashcards
Practise the cards
10 cards from this deck
ShowHide
Practise the cards
10 cards from this deck
Radical-changing verbs
Radical-changing verbs
Verbs with stem vowel changes, regular endings
Three types of stem changes
Three types of stem changes
e→ie, o→ue, e→i
Forms that keep original stem vowel
Forms that keep original stem vowel
nosotros, vosotros
Why nosotros/vosotros stems don't change
Why nosotros/vosotros stems don't change
Stress on ending, not stem
What changes in radical-changing verbs?
What changes in radical-changing verbs?
Stem vowel (endings stay regular)
I have (tener, irregular yo)
I have (tener, irregular yo)
tengo
I prefer (preferir, e→ie)
I prefer (preferir, e→ie)
prefiero
I return (volver, o→ue)
I return (volver, o→ue)
vuelvo
I ask for (pedir, e→i)
I ask for (pedir, e→i)
pido
I can (poder, o→ue)
I can (poder, o→ue)
puedo