In this lesson, we will learn about verbs that are both irregular and have a stem change. We will then cover a few more names of places found in a city.
We have covered almost everything about conjugating in the present indicative tense. The last thing to know is about verbs that are both irregular AND stem-changing.
We've already seen tener, to have.
Yo tengo. Tú tienes. Él, ella o usted tiene. Nosotros tenemos. Ellos, ellas o ustedes tienen.
As you can see, tener is irregular in the 'yo' form. 'Yo tengo'. I have.
In all other forms, it's a stem-changer. The 'e' changes to an 'ie'. 'tienes'. 'tiene'. 'tienen'.
Let's look at another example: decir, which means 'to say'.
Yo digo. Tú dices. Él, ella, o usted dice. Nosotros decimos. Ellos, ellas, o ustedes dicen.
Again in the 'yo' form it's irregular. Digo. In all other forms, it's an 'e' to 'i' stem-changer. Dices. Dice. Dicen.
Seguir means 'to follow'. It's conjugated just like 'decir'. Yo 'sigo'. 'Tu sigues'. 'Ustedes siguen'. etc..
You will review all of these different verbs and conjugations in the upcoming exercises.