why do verbs have a y in the él/ella and ellos/ellas forms? lírhc all these verbs have a vowel...
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Why do verbs have a Y in the él/ella and ellos/ellas forms?
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All these verbs have a VOWEL immediately before the –ER or –IR ending
Él le
Ellos le
Él oyó
yeron
yó
Ellos oyeron
Él cayó
Ellos cayeron
ere o iru era
Why don’t verbs have a Y in the él/ella and ellos/ellas forms?
co be ab vi
All these verbs have a CONSONANTimmediately before the –ER or –IR ending
Él com
Ellos com
Él bebió
ieron
ió
Ellos bebieron
Él vivió
Ellos vivieron
erm erb irr irv
How do you know if a verb is stem-changing in the preterite?
•Only verbs that stem-change in the present also change in the preterite
•Only –IR verbs stem-change in the preterite
•Verbs only stem-change E->I and O->U
•So if a verb doesn’t have an E or O, then it can’t be stem-changing!
Extra vowel–Y– verb
-IR verb w/ E or OStem-Changing
Everything else
Regular
aprender
Extra vowel–Y– verb
-IR verb w/ E or OStem-Changing
Everything else
Regular
construir
aprender
Extra vowel–Y– verb
-IR verb w/ E or OStem-Changing
Everything else
Regular
pedir
aprenderconstruir
Extra vowel–Y– verb
-IR verb w/ E or OStem-Changing
Everything else
Regular
dormir
aprenderconstruir pedir
Extra vowel–Y– verb
-IR verb w/ E or OStem-Changing
Everything else
Regular
poseer
aprenderconstruir pedirdormir
Extra vowel–Y– verb
-IR verb w/ E or OStem-Changing
Everything else
Regular
decidir
aprenderconstruir pedirdormirposeer
Extra vowel–Y– verb
-IR verb w/ E or OStem-Changing
Everything else
Regular
recibir
aprenderconstruir pedirdormirposeer decidir
Extra vowel–Y– verb
-IR verb w/ E or OStem-Changing
Everything else
Regular
referir
aprenderconstruir pedirdormirposeer decidir
recibir