Verbos querer and venir The verbs “querer”(to want) and “venir”(to

Verbos querer and venir The verbs “querer”(to want) and “venir”(to

Verbos querer and venir
The verbs “querer”(to want) and “venir”(to come) belong to a group of
verbs called stem-changing verbs (e→ie). In this group of verbs, the e in
the stem becomes ie in all but the nosotros forms in the present tense.
They are conjugated:
Querer
Quiero
Quieres
Quiere
Quiere
Venir
queremos
quieren
quieren
quieren
vengo
vienes
viene
viene
venimos
vienen
vienen
vienen
Note that in the yo form, venir has an irregular –go ending and has no
change in the stem vowel.
The verb querer may be followed by an infinitive
¿Quieres ser abogado?
Marta no quiere ir.
Laura Yankov, Yale Secondary School
Do you want to be a lawyer?
Marta does not want to go.