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The e → ie Stem Change

accents & pronunciation

What this lesson covers

When a stressed e sits in the root of a verb, it usually splits to ie in the present: querer → quiero, entender → entiendo, perder → pierdo, pierdo lo, pierdo los. The -er/-ir ending itself doesn't count.

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