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Corregir and elegir are semi-regular verbs in Spanish in El Presente in Spanish.
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Conjugate "corregir" in El Presente in Spanish
CORREGIR to correct |
|
yo | corrijo |
tú | 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 |
tú | 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-.
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Conjugate stem-changing (e > i) verbs: corregir and elegir in the present tense in Spanish (El Presente)
Meaning: semi - regular verb
Can you explain to me? What is semi-singular verb?
Thank u so much
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
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
Meaning: semi - regular verb
Can you explain to me? What is semi-singular verb?
Thank u so much
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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!
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!
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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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.
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
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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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?
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
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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