Spanish verbs irregular in the present tense!
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Stem-Changing Verbs Ending in -ar and -er!
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e → ie
-ar
o → ue
-er
pensar - to think! querer - to want/! acertar - to guess right/ ! love/wish! hit the mark! ascender - to ! apretar - to tighten/! ascend/promote! squeeze/be tight! defender - to ! atravesar - to cross! defend! cerrar - to close! descender - to ! comenzar - to begin/! descend! commence! encender - to light/! confesar - to confess! ignite! despertar(se) - to ! entender - to ! awaken/wake up! understand! empezar - to begin! perder - to lose encerrar - to lock in/! contain! gobernar - to govern! helar - to freeze! nevar - to snow! quebrar - to break! remendar - to patch/!
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sonreír(se) - to smile! vestir(se) - to dress (oneself)
Spelling Changes in the Present Tense!
Verbs ending in -uir (except -guir)
Verbs ending in -iar and -uar
insert a ‘y’ after the u in all forms except nosotros and vosotros
Some -iar and -uar verbs stress the i or the u !
(í, ú) in all forms except nosotros and vosotros
huir - to flee! concluir - to conclude/end! construir - to construct! contribuir - to contribute! destruir - to destroy! distribuir - to distribute! incluir - to include! influir - to influence/have influence! sustituir - to substitute
enviar - to send! confiar (en) - to rely (on)/! confide (in)! espiar - to spy! fiarse (de) - to trust! guiar - to guide! resfriarse - to catch cold! variar - to vary
continuar - to continue! actuar - to act! graduase - to graduate
Verbs ending in -cer or -cir
Verbs ending in -ger or -gir
Verbs ending in -guir
c → z before o or a
g → j before o or a
gu → g before o or a
vencer - to conquer/overcome! convencer - to convince! ejercer - to exert/exercise/! practice (a profession)!
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For -cer and -cir verbs with a vowel directly before the c, change the c to zc for the ‘yo’ form as in conozco and traduzco dirigir - to direct! afligir - to afflict/grieve! coger - to seize/grasp/catch! escoger - to choose/select! exigir - to demand/require! fingir - to pretend! proteger - to protect! recoger - to gather/pick up
distinguir - to distinguish!
E. Choose five of the following terms and give a brief definition of each. (2 points each, 10 total)
A. Identify one or two medical terms in this report. Deconstruct the components of specific medical terms to identify their meanings. In addition, please pay attention to the spellingand pronunciation of the words.
vocabulary words we will discuss the definition of each of the words to make sure
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Conventional and legal dictionaries, legal dictionaries can be used to check if a word has a specific legal meaning and can also be used to identify an unfamiliar term. “The
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In spanish plurals end es, as, or os in English most end in s, es, or ies.
The Spanish Language B has focused on familiarizing the students with the IB assessment methods and criteria. The students studied environmental issues and created a brochure to show their ability to handle the vocabulary. In addition, they presented their first oral exam simulation based on this topic. The grammar topics included conjugation patterns of both regular and irregular verbs as well as the use of the subjunctive tense. The class also read several documents including: “Un Niño: and “Las Lenguas que Mueren”.
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Read the section on The Brain and Reading. Pgs. 4-5. What did you learn? What was new or interesting to you?