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Lemma changes
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from poner derives puesto (noun) and participle makes puesto from cerrar, cierro, etc from poder, puedo I found this transformation of lemma is quite common in spanish, not only in conjugation of verbs, but in nouns that derive from verbs, etc are there any rules or mnemonics to predict how the lemma changes in each occasion? thanks |
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I suggest you buy a verb conjugation manual so you can see the logic about conjugation of irregular verbs and learn to do it yourself. I insist on a manual, because learning by heart every conjugated verb means a rather useless effort.
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Stem-changing verbs, or boot verbs, are the most common irregularity in verb conjugation. There is no way to predict when a verb will be irregular. All must be memorized.
There are four classes of stem-changers: those that shift e to ie those that shift e to i those that shift o to ue and those that shift u to ue |
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thanks
any recommendation on verb conjugation manual? |
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501 Spanish Verbs by Christopher Kendris is a classic. It's what I used to learn verb conjugations. The first few pages explaining the how the different tenses work are more valuable than the rest of the book.
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Larousse's Conjugación Lengua Española is available in Amazon, and I think it works pretty well. There must be some similar ones by other publishers of course.
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Tres preguntas tontas. ¿Por qué tienen todas las idiomas exactamente 501 verbos irregulares? ¿Por qué son los verbos los mas utilizados siempre irregulares? ¿Cual especie de animal es una lemma? (¿llama, lémur o lemming?) |
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These were meant as a joke. There are several books in the same series entitled 501 irregular verbs in; French, Spanish, German, Italian etc. These are not necessarily full lists and probably contain many composite verbs. you would think that well-used verbs would be the most used ones.
I am still not sure exactly what a lemma is, but two of them together(dilemmas) have horns. There is an expression "To be stuck on the horns of a dilemma" which means to be trapped between two alternative courses of action. "Between a rock and a hard place" is somewhat similar. |
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