febrero 2020 - Speak Like a Mexican Spanish School

COMMON USED SPANISH VERBS WITH VOWEL CHANGES

The diphthong verbs for present tense.

• The diphthong verbs are verbs with irregular conjugation whose vowel of the radical is transformed into diphthong to the three persons of the singular (yo, tú, él, ella, usted) and the third person of the plural (ustedes, ellos, ellas), with “nosotros” there is no change.

• The e becomes ie, as with the verb querer (want) quiero, quieres, quiere, queremos, quieren.

• The o becomes ue, as for example with the verb poder ( to be able ): puedo, puedes, puede, podemos, pueden.

The i becomes ie, as for example with the verb adquirir (to acquire): adquiero, adquieres, adquiere, adquirimos, adquieren.

• The u becomes ue, as for example with the verb jugar (to play): juego, juegas, juega, jugamos, juegan.

The endings for stem-changing verbs are the same as for regular –AR,
-ER, and -IR verbs, so you should make sure that you understand those conjugations before working on this lesson.

Check this video to learn how to conjugate!

Here is a table summarizing the main diphthong verbs.

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