Experiencias de racismo: stem-change present verbs e--> ie, o --> ue | Spanish

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Match the Spanish and English.

boca

⇔

mouth ✓

diente

⇔

tooth ✓

hombro

⇔

shoulder ✓

espalda

⇔

back ✓

rodilla

⇔

knee ✓

oído

⇔

ear, hearing ✓
The part of the verb that is present in all forms is called the ______.

'stem' ✓
True or false? The spellings of verb stems in Spanish never change.

True

False ✓
Match the Spanish and English.

doler

⇔

to hurt, hurting ✓

sentir

⇔

to feel, feeling ✓

volver

⇔

to return, returning ✓

querer

⇔

to want, wanting ✓

dormir

⇔

to sleep, sleeping ✓

mover

⇔

to move, moving ✓
What does 'nadie' mean?

nobody, anybody ✓

never, not ever

nothing, anything
What are the missing words? __________ hay __________ que hacer en mi región (there isn't anything to do in my region).

no, nunca

nunca, no

no, nada ✓

nada, no

Which of the following are stem-changing verbs?

doler ✓

ayudar

dormir ✓

sentir ✓

intentar
How do you spell the 3rd person singular (she, he, it) form of 'pensar'?

1

⇔

p

2

⇔

i

3

⇔

e

4

⇔

n

5

⇔

s

6

⇔

a
What is the 1st person plural (we) form of dormir?

'dormimos' ✓
What is the Spanish for 'the problem doesn't have any explanation?'.

1

⇔

el

2

⇔

problema

3

⇔

no

4

⇔

tiene

5

⇔

ninguna

6

⇔

explicación
What does 'ninguna' become before a masculine noun?

'ningún' ✓
What are the missings words? '__________ voy de compras al centro comercial __________ al mercado (I no longer go shopping at the shopping centre but at the market'.

sino, ya no

ya no, ni

sino, ni

ya no, sino ✓

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Some verbs with ‘e’ in the stem (e.g. pensar) change to ‘ie’ for persons 1, 2, 3 and 6.
Some verbs with ‘o’ in the stem (e.g. volver) change to ‘ue’ for persons 1, 2, 3 and 6.
'Ninguna' means 'no, not … any' (before a feminine singular noun).
'Ningún' means 'no, not … any' (before a masculine singular noun).
‘Ni’ (neither, nor), ‘ya no’ (not any more) and ‘sino’ (but) are useful negatives in Spanish.

The masculine singular form of 'ninguna' is 'ninguno'.

When used as an adjective, the masculine singular form of 'ninguna' is 'ningún'. The word 'ninguno' does, however, exist as a pronoun.

Stem - part of the verb that is present in all forms
Stem-changing verb - verb that has a spelling change in the stem for some grammatical persons
Negative - word that negates the meaning of other words and clauses
Ninguna - no, not … any (before a feminine singular noun)
Ningún - no, not … any (before a masculine singular noun)