Spanish Irregular Verb PatternsBy Roger Keays, 23 June 2011 |
Spanish Irregular Verb PatternsHere are 40-odd Spanish verbs which cover a wide range of regular and irregular conjugation patterns. It was interesting to see how the -ar verbs are the most regular, the -er verbs the most irregular in their stems and the -ir verbs the only ones with vowel raising.
It's useful for me to group them together like this.
Spanish Irregular Verb Patterns
Firsty, here is the key:
= |
present subjunctive stem changes |
< |
preterite and subjunctive stems change |
> |
future and conditional stems change |
~ |
imperfect stem changes |
g |
-g- insertion |
/ |
diphthongization |
^ |
-ir vowel raising |
" |
harmonic changes |
And the categorized verbs (no tags indicates a perfectly regular verb):
-ar verbs |
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hablar |
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necesitar |
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usar |
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mirar |
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estudiar |
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llevar |
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amar |
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pensar |
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encontrar |
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llegar |
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dar |
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estar |
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-er verbs |
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deber |
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comer |
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conocer |
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parecer |
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querer |
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poder |
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poner |
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g |
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hacer |
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g |
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tener |
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g |
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haber |
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saber |
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ser |
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-ir verbs |
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vivir |
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abrir |
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existir |
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escribir |
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partir |
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cumplir |
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vestir |
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pedir |
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seguir |
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sentir |
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preferir |
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oír |
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g |
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decir |
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< |
> |
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g |
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^ |
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venir |
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< |
> |
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g |
/ |
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salir |
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> |
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g |
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ir |
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