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Vocabulary Excercises

We have chosen 15 words and phrases out of this song to form our vocabulary list, which can be found below. You can use the following activities to learn and practice this vocabulary.

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Grammar Exercises

This song provided a number of verbs that have stem changes in the present tense, and several of these verbs also appear in several different conjugations. Full conjugations of these verbs can be found below.

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Vocabulary List

Term	Meaning	P of S	Context
acento	accent; accent mark	masc noun	acento
besar	to kiss	verb	bésame
ciudad	city, town	fem noun	ciudad
conmigo	with me	pron	conmigo
curiosidad	curiosity	fem noun	curiosidad
de frente	frankly, openly; head-on, squarely		de frente
echar de menos	to miss; to notice sth is missing, not be able to find		eches de meno’
entender	understand	verb	entiende’, entender, entendemo’
motivo	reason, cause, motive	masc noun	motivo
oler	to smell	verb	huele
pegarse a (alguien)	to stay close (to sb); to stick close (to sb)		pégate
quedarse	to stay, remain	verb	quedarme, me quede
seguir	follow; pursue; understand; continue	verb	sigo
tener que	to have to, must		tenemo’ que, tengo que
tentación	temptation	fem noun	tentaciones

Stem-Changing Verbs

Some Spanish verbs require changes to the verb stem during conjugation, where one vowel is replaced by a different vowel or combination of vowels. These verbs take the normal -ar, -er or -ir endings. There are three groups of stem-changing verbs:

• ‘e‘ to ‘ie‘
• ‘e‘ to ‘i‘
• ‘o‘ to ‘ue‘

This stem change applies to all conjugations other than nosotros and vosotros. These verbs are also called boot verbs, due to the shape drawn around the conjugated verbs in table form, as shown below with the verb ‘querer’, which takes an ‘e’ to ‘ie’ stem change.

Irregular ‘yo’ form

In addition to the stem change, two of the stem-changing verbs in this song also have an irregular ‘yo’ form. These verbs are called go verbs, due to the fact that the ‘yo’ form ends in ‘-go’. The verb ‘decir’ retains the stem change in the ‘yo’ form (digo). However, the stem change is not present in the ‘yo’ form of the verb ‘tener’ (tengo).

Conjugations

Following are the full present tense conjugations of the stem-changing verbs that appear in this song.

entender (e=>ie) = to understand

	Singular	Plural
1st Person	(yo) entiendo	(nosotros) entendemos
2nd Person	(tú) entiedes	(vosotros) entendéis
3rd Person	él/ella/usted entiende	ellos/ellas/ustedes entienden

decir (e=>i) = to say, tell

	Singular	Plural
1st Person	(yo) digo	(nosotros) decimos
2nd Person	(tú) dices	(vosotros) decís
3rd Person	él/ella/usted dice	ellos/ellas/ustedes dicen

seguir (e=>i) = follow; pursue; understand; continue

	Singular	Plural
1st Person	(yo) sigo	(nosotros) seguimos
2nd Person	(tú) sigues	(vosotros) seguís
3rd Person	él/ella/usted sigue	ellos/ellas/ustedes siguen

tener (e=>ie) = to have

	Singular	Plural
1st Person	(yo) tengo	(nosotros) tenemos
2nd Person	(tú) tienes	(vosotros) tenéis
éis3rd Person	él/ella/usted tiene	ellos/ellas/ustedes tienen

querer (e=>ie) = to want; to love

	Singular	Plural
1st Person	(yo) quiero	(nosotros) queremos
2nd Person	(tú) quieres	(vosotros) queréis
3rd Person	él/ella/usted quiere	ellos/ellas/ustedes quieren

sentir (e=>ie) = to feel; sense; hear; taste; feel about, think about; feel sorry about

	Singular	Plural
1st Person	(yo) siento	(nosotros) sentimos
2nd Person	(tú) sientes	(vosotros) sentís
3rd Person	él/ella/usted siente	ellos/ellas/ustedes sienten

oler (o=>hue*) = to smell

	Singular	Plural
1st Person	(yo) huelo	(nosotros) olemos
2nd Person	(tú) hueles	(vosotros) oléis
3rd Person	él/ella/usted huele	ellos/ellas/ustedes huelen