Spanish -er verbs that undergo a stem change e>ie in El Presente keep the same irregularity in El Presente de Subjuntivo.
Three common verbs with this irregularity are entender (to understand), encender (to switch on) and perder (to lose).
Conjugating entender in El Presente de Subjuntivo in Spanish
yo | entienda |
tú | entiendas |
él / ella / Ud. | entienda |
nosotros / nosotras | entendamos |
vosotros / vosotras | entendáis |
ellos / ellas / Uds. | entiendan |
Conjugating encender in El Presente de Subjuntivo in Spanish
yo | encienda |
tú | enciendas |
él / ella / Ud. | encienda |
nosotros / nosotras | encendamos |
vosotros / vosotras | encendáis |
ellos / ellas / Uds. | enciendan |
Conjugating perder in El Presente de Subjuntivo in Spanish
yo | pierda |
tú | pierdas |
él / ella / Ud. | pierda |
nosotros / nosotras | perdamos |
vosotros / vosotras | perdáis |
ellos / ellas / Uds. | pierdan |
The vowel -e- in the stem that is closer to the end of the word becomes -ie- except in the nosotros and vosotros forms.
The endings are the same as for regular -er verbs in El Presente de Subjuntivo.
Look at and listen to these examples:
See also:
B1 Spanish verb list: Stem-changing (e > ie) verbs in the present tense
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