CSG034

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The Present Tense of Verbs with Stern Changes

7.    ^Por que Uds. no_ (convertir) los dólares a pesos?

8.    La nota en el libro_ (referir) a la pagina 225.

ejercicio

En espańol.

1.    The water boils (is boiling). _

2.    Martha doesnd lie. _

3.    He feels fine. _

4.    They have a good time. _

5.    You (Ud.) are lying. _

6.    We prefer to play chess (ajedrez). _

• -ir verbs with the stem vowel o change to ue

despedir

despedir(se)

impedir

medir

perseguir

reirse (de)

to fire (from ajob)

to say good-bye

to avoid, prevent

to measure

to pursue; to follow

to laugh; to make fun (of)

repetir

seguir

servir

sonreir(se)

vestir(se)

to repeat

to follow; to continue to serve to smile

to dress; to get dressed

dormir (to sleep)
duermo	dormimos
duermes	dormis
duerme	duermen
Morir(se) (to die) is conjugated like dormir.
• -ir stem vowel changes e to i
pedir (to askfor; reąuest)
pido	pedimos
pides	pedis
pide	piden

Yerbs that follow the conjugation pattern of pedir are:

Notę the spelling changes of seguir and its compounds where the soft g sound is followed by e: sigues, sigue, siguen. Ali forms of reir and sonreir have an accent mark on the stem vowel i.