Conjugate stem-changing (e > i) verbs: corregir and elegir in the present tense in Spanish (El Presente)

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Corregir and  elegir are semi-regular verbs in Spanish in El Presente in Spanish.

Have a look at this table:

Conjugate "corregir" in El Presente in Spanish

  CORREGIR
to correct
 yo corrijo
  corriges

él / ella / usted 

corrige
nosotros / nosotras 
corregimos
vosotros / vosotras 
corregís
ellos / ellas / ustedes corrigen

Conjugate "elegir" in El Presente in Spanish

  ELEGIR
to choose
 yo elijo
  eliges

él / ella / usted 

elige
nosotros / nosotras 
elegimos
vosotros / vosotras 
elegís
ellos / ellas / ustedes eligen

Notice:

  • the first vowel -e- becomes -i- EXCEPT for nosotros/nosotras and vosotros/vosotras where it remains -e-.
  • that in the yo form -g- is replaced with a -j-.


Look at and listen to these examples:

Yo corrijo los exámenes de los alumnos.I'm marking the student exam papers.

eliges un regalo para tu hermana.You're choosing a gift for your sister.

Él corrige el informe anual.He's correcting the annual report.

Nosotros elegimos un lugar para celebrar la boda hoy.We're choosing a place to celebrate the wedding today.

Vosotras siempre corregís vuestros errores.You always correct your mistakes.

Ellos eligen muy bien el vino.They choose wine really well.

¿Ustedes corrigen siempre a sus alumnos?Do you always correct your students?

 

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Examples and resources

Vosotras siempre corregís vuestros errores.You always correct your mistakes.
Yo corrijo los exámenes de los alumnos.I'm marking the student exam papers.
Nosotros elegimos un lugar para celebrar la boda hoy.We're choosing a place to celebrate the wedding today.
Ellos eligen muy bien el vino.They choose wine really well.
eliges un regalo para tu hermana.You're choosing a gift for your sister.
Él corrige el informe anual.He's correcting the annual report.
¿Ustedes corrigen siempre a sus alumnos?Do you always correct your students?
Conjugate stem-changing (e > i) verbs: corregir and elegir in the present tense in Spanish (El Presente)
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¿Ustedes siempre su ropa? (Do you always choose your own clothes?)
Conjugate "elegir" in El Presente

Q&A Forum 4 questions, 5 answers

Emma T.A2Kwiziq community member

Meaning: semi - regular verb

Can you explain to me? What is semi-singular verb?

Thank u so much

Asked 1 year ago
John O.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Hola Emma,

I have always understood semi regular as meaning that the actual endings of the conjugations are regular, but there are irregularities in the body or stem of the verb. In the case of corregir, the endings o, es, e, imos, ís and en are all typical of ir verbs. The irregularity comes with the “e” being replaced by the “i” with the exceptions mentioned in the text, and the “j’ replacing the “g” in the first person singular. 

Inma may clarify this further. Saludos. John

InmaKwiziq Head of Spanish, Native Spanish Teacher

Hola Emma

Yes, exactly. As John said, there are verbs that undergo changes in some of their conjugations - these changes may happen in the endings or their stem (or both). The semi-regular verbs are those that only have the irregularity in their stem, a change of vowel or a change of consonant. 

Saludos

Emma T. asked:

Meaning: semi - regular verb

Can you explain to me? What is semi-singular verb?

Thank u so much

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Connie S.C1Kwiziq community member

Notebook question

La Kwiziq FAQ me dice que puedo "kwiz" un tema tanto"s veces que quiero si está en mi "notebook."  He encontrado que si toma un "kwiz" y lo falla, cuando quiero tomarlo otra vez dice "You took this Kwiz XXX hours, XX minutes ago.

This lesson is already in your notebook. Go to your notebook now to kwiz this topic as many times as you like.

Puedo hacer cliq en "my notebook" y encontrar la lección que quiero estudiar y kwiz más. Pero dice lo mismo al fondo - que ya he tomado el Kwiz y tengo que ir a mi notebook si quiera kwiz otra vez. Excepto ya estoy en mi notebook. ¿Qué pasa? ¡Gracias!

Asked 2 years ago
RowenKwiziq Head of Support

Hi Connie - I'm sorry for the confusion you experienced with this. It sounds like you're clicking on the blue hyperlinks for the individual lessons in your Notebook, which takes you to the lesson page (and follow-on micro-kwiz) rather than taking a test against the whole list of lessons. Just use the orange, 'Test Notebook' button instead and that will take you to a test on the whole of your Notebook's contents. I hope that helps! 

Connie S. asked:

Notebook question

La Kwiziq FAQ me dice que puedo "kwiz" un tema tanto"s veces que quiero si está en mi "notebook."  He encontrado que si toma un "kwiz" y lo falla, cuando quiero tomarlo otra vez dice "You took this Kwiz XXX hours, XX minutes ago.

This lesson is already in your notebook. Go to your notebook now to kwiz this topic as many times as you like.

Puedo hacer cliq en "my notebook" y encontrar la lección que quiero estudiar y kwiz más. Pero dice lo mismo al fondo - que ya he tomado el Kwiz y tengo que ir a mi notebook si quiera kwiz otra vez. Excepto ya estoy en mi notebook. ¿Qué pasa? ¡Gracias!

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D. A.A2Kwiziq community member

Marking Irregular

Suggestion: To be consistent with other pages, and avoid confusion, I suggest you mark all the "i"s that are irregular in this conjugation. 

Asked 3 years ago
InmaKwiziq Head of Spanish, Native Spanish Teacher

Hola Sabio 

All "i"s in the conjugation of those two verbs as examples (corregir and elegir) are highlighted in blue. The yo form of the verbs are highlighted in red because you also have the change from g to j there. Is that what you see? If you see something different please let us know. 

Saludos

Inma

 

D. A. asked:

Marking Irregular

Suggestion: To be consistent with other pages, and avoid confusion, I suggest you mark all the "i"s that are irregular in this conjugation. 

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Missy E.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Quiz question

One of the quiz questions was

The citizens choose a new president for the country.

Los cuidadanos _____ nuevo presidente para el pais.

The hint was conjugate elegir in el presente.

To make the sentence complete I typed "eligen un" for the blank, but my answer was wrong. It said the answer was "eligen". Some of the quiz questions require you to type 2 words (or more). How was I supposed to know that this specific question only wanted 1 word, which doesn't seem complete?

Asked 3 years ago
InmaKwiziq Head of Spanish, Native Spanish Teacher

Hola Missy

Yes, your answer is also correct. You can use the article or omit it, both correct, so that is sorted now in the system.

Saludos

Inma

Missy E. asked:

Quiz question

One of the quiz questions was

The citizens choose a new president for the country.

Los cuidadanos _____ nuevo presidente para el pais.

The hint was conjugate elegir in el presente.

To make the sentence complete I typed "eligen un" for the blank, but my answer was wrong. It said the answer was "eligen". Some of the quiz questions require you to type 2 words (or more). How was I supposed to know that this specific question only wanted 1 word, which doesn't seem complete?

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