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29. Spanish Vowel Changing Irregular Verbs
Some verbs have vowel changes in the present tense for all forms except first and second person plural. After dropping the endings (-ar, -er, or -ir), the e of the last syllable changes to ie, and o in the last syllable changes to ue. Some -ir verbs change the e to i.
| e to ie | o to ue | e to i |
|---|---|---|
| pensar - to think querer - to want, like, love cerrar - to close comenzar - to begin despertar - to awaken empezar - to begin entender - to understand perder - to lose preferir - to prefer sentar - to seat sentir - to regret, feel |
contar - to count poder - to be able costar - to cost dormir - to sleep encontrar - to find, meet jugar - to play morir - to die mostrar - to show volar - to fly volver - to return |
pedir - to ask (for) repetir - to repeat seguir - to follow servir - to serve vestir - to dress |
| pensar | contar | pedir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pienso piensas piensa |
pensamos pensáis piensan |
cuento cuentas cuenta |
contamos contáis cuentan |
pido pides pide |
pedimos pédis piden |
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