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Present Tense & Stem Changes

Repaso del presente y cambios de raíz

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Intermediate · Step 4 of 14Course step 25 of 48

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Understand it · Entiéndelo
I want water.
Yo agua.quiero: Verb — action or state
We want water.
Nosotros agua.
She can help.
Ella ayudar.

Build it step by step · Constrúyelo paso a paso

We can help.
Nosotros ayudar.podemos: Verb — action or state
She asks for water.
Ella agua.
Self-check · Comprueba tu respuesta

Quiero; queremos. Puede; podemos. Nosotros keeps the unchanged stem in these present forms.

Respuestas con razones · Answers with reasons

Quieres, queremos, pueden, podemos, hago. Querer y poder muestran el cambio de raíz excepto en nosotros; hacer tiene una forma irregular de yo, hago, no la forma regular *haco. / Quieres, queremos, pueden, podemos, hago. Querer and poder show the stem change outside nosotros; hacer has an irregular yo form, hago, rather than the regular *haco.

Understand it · Entiéndelo
I have a book.
Yo un libro.tengo: Verb — action or state
You have a book.
Tú tienes un libro.
She has a book.
Ella tiene un libro.

Build it step by step · Constrúyelo paso a paso

I do the homework.
Yo la tarea.hago: Verb — action or state
She does the homework.
Ella hace la tarea.
Self-check · Comprueba tu respuesta

Tú tienes un libro. Ella tiene un libro. The verb changes with the subject.

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1. Which Spanish phrase means “I want water.”?

2. Choose the best English sentence for “Nosotros queremos agua.”.

3. Which Spanish phrase means “She can help.”?

4. Choose the best English sentence for “Nosotros podemos ayudar.”.

5. Which Spanish phrase means “She asks for water.”?

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