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A. e → ie pronounced like “ye” in yet 2 B. o → ue pronounced like “we” in wet (sometimes more like “wei” in weight) IRREGULARITIES: PRESENT TENSE 23 These are known as the diphthong verbs. Some examples, with the stressed syllable highlighted in bold: e S ie o S ue -ar verbs pensar (to think) mostrar (to show) 1s pienso pien•so muestro mues•tro 2s piensas pien•sas muestras mues•tras 3s piensa pien•sa muestra mues•tra 1p pensamos pen•sa•mos mostramos mos•tra•mos 2p pensáis pen•sáis mostráis mos•tráis 3p piensan pien•san muestran mues•tran -er verbs perder (“to lose”) mover (“to move”) 1s pierdo pier•do muevo mue•vo 2s pierdes pier•des mueves mue•ves 3s pierde pier•de mueve mue•ve 1p perdemos per•de•mos movemos mo•ve•mos 2p perdéis per•déis movéis mo•véis 3p pierden pier•den mueven mue•ven -ir verbs sentir (“to feel”) dormir (“to sleep”) 1s siento sien•to duermo duer•mo 2s sientes sien•tes duermes duer•mes 3s siente sien•te duerme duer•me 1p sentimos sen•ti•mos dormimos dor•mi•mos 2p sentís sen•tís dormís dor•mís 3p sienten sien•ten duermen duer•men 2 At the beginning of a word or syllable, the ie diphthong in much of the <strong>Spanish</strong>-speaking world is pronounced either like the “s” in pleasure or the “j” in judge, while after a consonant the “ye” sound is maintained. This has only very limited effect on the verbal system, where virtually all ie diphthongs are preceded by a consonant, the principal exceptions occurring in errar and erguir.
24 FORMS OF VERBS We note the following fundamentally important pattern: The diphthong occurs only in stressed syllables, i.e., in those conjugations where the stress accent falls on the stem (root) of the verb. We shall subsequently see that this pattern holds for all of the 47 simple conjugations and thus provides a remarkably simple way to remember which conjugations have diphthongs and which do not. How to Determine (and Remember) Whether a Verb Is a Diphthong Verb The historical note presented as an appendix to this chapter shows that whether a <strong>Spanish</strong> verb diphthongs or not is generally dependent on the quantity (short or long) of the vowel in its corresponding Latin root. While this is of little practical assistance to those whose Latin is a bit rusty, there fortunately exists an alternative method which is applicable in the large majority of cases: General rule: -ar and -er verbs: If the stem vowel of any associated noun or adjective has diphthonged, then it is almost certain that the verb has diphthonged as well. -ir verbs: (i) There are only three commonly employed verbs with stem vowel -o—dormir, morir, and oír—of which the first two diphthong. (ii) For verbs with stem vowel -e, la regla milagrosa presented in the following section provides a sure method for determining those which diphthong. For -ar and -er verbs the general rule is illustrated below with regard to a number of verbs in common use: infinitive noun /adjective 1s e S ie acertar (to get /guess right) cierto (certain) acierto alentar (to encourage) aliento (breath) aliento apretar (to squeeze) aprieto (predicament) aprieto arrendar (to rent) arriendo (rent) arriendo atravesar (to cross) travieso (mischievous) atravieso calentar (to heat) caliente (hot) caliento cegar (to blind) ciego (blind) ciego cerner (to sift, blossom) cierne (blossoming) cierno
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Page 4 and 5: David Brodsky Spanish VERBS Simple(
Page 6 and 7: For Daniel, Michael, and Beatriz
Page 8 and 9: Contents Preface ix Introduction 1
Page 10 and 11: Preface The fundamental aim of this
Page 12 and 13: Spanish Verbs Made Simple(r)
Page 14 and 15: Introduction The structure of Spani
Page 16 and 17: There are in addition a number of c
Page 18 and 19: in the verbal system. This is illus
Page 20 and 21: Those in the second group are “fu
Page 22 and 23: examples, it offers a feature found
Page 24 and 25: PART I FORMS OF VERBS
Page 26 and 27: CHAPTER 1 Present, Simple Past, Imp
Page 28 and 29: (2) For the singulars and the third
Page 30 and 31: Thus, infinitive past participle -a
Page 32 and 33: exprimir (“to express”), and re
Page 34 and 35: Also: ir yendo *iendo (3) -er and -
Page 38 and 39: IRREGULARITIES: PRESENT TENSE 25 ce
Page 40 and 41: IRREGULARITIES: PRESENT TENSE 27 Co
Page 42 and 43: IRREGULARITIES: PRESENT TENSE 29 Fo
Page 44 and 45: eír “to laugh” freír “to fr
Page 46 and 47: IRREGULARITIES: PRESENT TENSE 33 ob
Page 48 and 49: B. (All) Infinitives Ending in -uci
Page 50 and 51: IRREGULARITIES: PRESENT TENSE 37 1p
Page 52 and 53: IRREGULARITIES: PRESENT TENSE 39 Ap
Page 54 and 55: abstener(se) me abstengo “to abst
Page 56 and 57: IRREGULARITIES: PRESENT TENSE 43 I.
Page 58 and 59: CHAPTER 3 Irregularities: Simple Pa
Page 60 and 61: (ii) Ser and ir have regular ending
Page 62 and 63: Comments (i) and (ii) for -u stems,
Page 64 and 65: except the first person plural, in
Page 66 and 67: future tense led naturally to the d
Page 68 and 69: -ir verbs subjunctive indicative 1s
Page 70 and 71: -ir verbs sentir dormir 1s sienta d
Page 72 and 73: SUBJUNCTIVE AND IMPERATIVE 59 All O
Page 74 and 75: argüir discernir 1s present indica
Page 76 and 77: Note that: SUBJUNCTIVE AND IMPERATI
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Page 80 and 81: CHAPTER 6 Compound Verb Forms All c
Page 82 and 83: habré subido I will have climbed h
Page 84 and 85: CHAPTER 7 Orthographic Modification
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five sounds which have alternative
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Note that verbs with consonant -j n
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a diphthong -io or -ie. As in Spani
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orthographic written accent changes
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like criar, where the stress falls
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Other examples of verbs with stems
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Other examples: no written accents
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9. Combinations of Changes The verb
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Other verbs affected by this change
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CHAPTER 8 Vosotros/Ustedes and Tute
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attention to tú on the grounds tha
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VOSOTROS/USTEDES AND TUTEO/VOSEO 95
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SUMMARY AND PRESENTATION OF VERB CL
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III. Irregular First Person Singula
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TABLE 9.1. FUNDAMENTAL IRREGULARITI
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PART II USES OF VERBS
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CHAPTER 10 Indicative Present Tense
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Spain (generally) He leído el peri
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El cuadro está torcido. “The pic
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analogous construction is used with
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What did I say, or rather, mean to
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Probably the most common use of the
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Thus one says that el niño está d
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Future Perfect The Spanish use of t
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levantar “to lift” levantarse
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Apart from its role as an auxiliary
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La bandera es azul. “The flag is
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SPECIAL TOPIC: SER VERSUS ESTAR 131
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Passive and “False Passive” Con
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A potential confusion arises if one
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SPECIAL TOPIC: SER VERSUS ESTAR 137
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SUBJUNCTIVE 139 precepts. The diffi
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SUBJUNCTIVE 141 posture with regard
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SUBJUNCTIVE 143 Nonetheless, one oc
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SUBJUNCTIVE 145 As with English, in
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SUBJUNCTIVE 147 Me molesta no poder
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SUBJUNCTIVE 149 When some expressio
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SUBJUNCTIVE 151 Si has leído todos
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subjunctive SUBJUNCTIVE 153 No quie
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Conjunctions of Purpose Always Foll
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hasta que “until” mientras “w
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SUBJUNCTIVE 159 When the imperfect
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SUBJUNCTIVE 161 With expressions of
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SUBJUNCTIVE 163 Consider, for examp
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PART III ANNEXES
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ANNEX A Models of Verb Classes and
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33. traer 34. -ducir 35. andar On t
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MODELS OF VERB CLASSES AND SUB-CLAS
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1-11 G S GU CABRAHIGAR TO CAPRIFICA
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SUBJUNCTIVE Present Imperfect (I) I
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3 SUBIR TO RAISE, TO CLIMB INDICATI
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MODELS OF VERB CLASSES AND SUB-CLAS
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4A-1 DIPHTHONG E S IE NEGAR TO DENY
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4B-3 DIPHTHONG O S UE FORZAR TO FOR
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9-2 ALTERNATE FORMS ROER TO GNAW IN
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28-2 BENDECIR TO BLESS In future, c
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30-1 SUPONER TO SUPPOSE For imperat
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33 TRAER TO BRING, -GO IRREGULAR SI
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ANNEX B Index by Class and Sub-clas
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Verb Class (Sub-class) # acribillar
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Verb Class (Sub-class) # algodonar
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Verb Class (Sub-class) # aposentar
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Verb Class (Sub-class) # atontolina
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Verb Class (Sub-class) # caer caer
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Verb Class (Sub-class) # clausurar
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Verb Class (Sub-class) # consonanti
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Verb Class (Sub-class) # defraudar
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Verb Class (Sub-class) # descollar
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Verb Class (Sub-class) # desliar ca
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Verb Class (Sub-class) # devorar ca
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Verb Class (Sub-class) # embrollar
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Verb Class (Sub-class) # enfilar ca
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Verb Class (Sub-class) # erotizar c
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Verb Class (Sub-class) # exclamar c
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Verb Class (Sub-class) # fraccionar
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Verb Class (Sub-class) # historiar
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Verb Class (Sub-class) # insonoriza
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Verb Class (Sub-class) # linchar ca
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Verb Class (Sub-class) # mitificar
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Verb Class (Sub-class) # palmotear
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Verb Class (Sub-class) # poner pone
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Verb Class (Sub-class) # racionaliz
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Verb Class (Sub-class) # refreír 2
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Verb Class (Sub-class) # resplandec
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Verb Class (Sub-class) # sextuplica
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Verb Class (Sub-class) # susurrar c
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Verb Class (Sub-class) # triunfar c
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Selected References Alarcos Llorach
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