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Page 1: Why do verbs have a Y in the él/ella and ellos/ellas forms? lírhc All these verbs have a VOWEL immediately before the –ER or –IR ending Él le Ellos le
Page 2: Why do verbs have a Y in the él/ella and ellos/ellas forms? lírhc All these verbs have a VOWEL immediately before the –ER or –IR ending Él le Ellos le

Why do verbs have a Y in the él/ella and ellos/ellas forms?

l ír h c

All these verbs have a VOWEL immediately before the –ER or –IR ending

Él le

Ellos le

Él oyó

yeron

Ellos oyeron

Él cayó

Ellos cayeron

ere o iru era

Page 3: Why do verbs have a Y in the él/ella and ellos/ellas forms? lírhc All these verbs have a VOWEL immediately before the –ER or –IR ending Él le Ellos le

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

Ellos bebieron

Él vivió

Ellos vivieron

erm erb irr irv

Page 4: Why do verbs have a Y in the él/ella and ellos/ellas forms? lírhc All these verbs have a VOWEL immediately before the –ER or –IR ending Él le Ellos le

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!

Page 5: Why do verbs have a Y in the él/ella and ellos/ellas forms? lírhc All these verbs have a VOWEL immediately before the –ER or –IR ending Él le Ellos le

Extra vowel–Y– verb

-IR verb w/ E or OStem-Changing

Everything else

Regular

aprender

Page 6: Why do verbs have a Y in the él/ella and ellos/ellas forms? lírhc All these verbs have a VOWEL immediately before the –ER or –IR ending Él le Ellos le

Extra vowel–Y– verb

-IR verb w/ E or OStem-Changing

Everything else

Regular

construir

aprender

Page 7: Why do verbs have a Y in the él/ella and ellos/ellas forms? lírhc All these verbs have a VOWEL immediately before the –ER or –IR ending Él le Ellos le

Extra vowel–Y– verb

-IR verb w/ E or OStem-Changing

Everything else

Regular

pedir

aprenderconstruir

Page 8: Why do verbs have a Y in the él/ella and ellos/ellas forms? lírhc All these verbs have a VOWEL immediately before the –ER or –IR ending Él le Ellos le

Extra vowel–Y– verb

-IR verb w/ E or OStem-Changing

Everything else

Regular

dormir

aprenderconstruir pedir

Page 9: Why do verbs have a Y in the él/ella and ellos/ellas forms? lírhc All these verbs have a VOWEL immediately before the –ER or –IR ending Él le Ellos le

Extra vowel–Y– verb

-IR verb w/ E or OStem-Changing

Everything else

Regular

poseer

aprenderconstruir pedirdormir

Page 10: Why do verbs have a Y in the él/ella and ellos/ellas forms? lírhc All these verbs have a VOWEL immediately before the –ER or –IR ending Él le Ellos le

Extra vowel–Y– verb

-IR verb w/ E or OStem-Changing

Everything else

Regular

decidir

aprenderconstruir pedirdormirposeer

Page 11: Why do verbs have a Y in the él/ella and ellos/ellas forms? lírhc All these verbs have a VOWEL immediately before the –ER or –IR ending Él le Ellos le

Extra vowel–Y– verb

-IR verb w/ E or OStem-Changing

Everything else

Regular

recibir

aprenderconstruir pedirdormirposeer decidir

Page 12: Why do verbs have a Y in the él/ella and ellos/ellas forms? lírhc All these verbs have a VOWEL immediately before the –ER or –IR ending Él le Ellos le

Extra vowel–Y– verb

-IR verb w/ E or OStem-Changing

Everything else

Regular

referir

aprenderconstruir pedirdormirposeer decidir

recibir