Stem-changing Verbs (e-ie)

  1. cerrar
    to close

    • cierro
    • cierras
    • cierra
    • cerramos
    • cierran

    cierra tus piernas - shut your legs
  2. comenzar
    to begin

    requires the pereposition a when followed by an infinitive.

    • comienzo
    • comienzas
    • comienza
    • comenzamos
    • comienzan
  3. empezar
    to begin (more common than comenzar)

    requires the preposition a when follwed by an infinitive.

    • empiezo
    • empiezas
    • empieza
    • empezamos
    • empiezan
  4. entender
    to understand

    • entiendo
    • entiendes
    • entiende
    • entendemos
    • entienden

    no entiendo - i don't understand
  5. pensar
    to think

    • pensar + infinitive means to plan to do something
    • pensar en meanns to think about something or someone.

    not to be confused with creer - to believe.

    • pienso
    • piensas
    • piensa
    • pensamos
    • piensan
  6. perder
    to lose; to miss

    • pierdo
    • pierde
    • pierdes
    • perdemos
    • pierden

    siempre pierdo mis llaves - i always lose my keys
  7. preferir
    to prefer

    • prefiero
    • prefieres
    • prefiere
    • preferimos
    • prefieren
  8. querer
    to want; to love

    • quiero
    • quieres
    • quiere
    • queremos
    • quieren

    te quiero - i love you
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freakalienboy
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Stem-changing Verbs (e-ie)
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Stem-changing Verbs (e-ie)
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