Stem Changing Verbs (espanol)

Translate: encontrar

• to meet; find

• to want

• to think

• to ask for; request

Translate: to ask for, request, or order

• querer

• jugar

• pedir

• pensar

Translate: jugar

• to think

• to want

• to play

• to swim

Translate: Querer

• to meet; find

• to want

• to ask for; request

• to play

Translate: to think

• pensar

• pedir

• jugar

• encontrar

Why are they called stem-changing verbs?

• They have different endings from regular verbs

• The base, or stem, changes when you conjugate them

Yo (encontrar)

• encuentro

• encuentran

• encontramos

• encontro

Tú (jugar)

• juegan

• juego

• juegas

• jugamos

Ellos (jugar)

• juegan

• juegas

• jugamos

• juegos

Yo (querer)

• queremos

• quieran

• queires

• quiero