Spanish: An Essential Grammar

Verbs ending in -iar or -uar

A large number of -arverbs have a stem that ends in ior u, e.g. envi-ar

‘send’ and continu-ar‘continue’. In some of these verbs this ior uis stressed

throughout the present indicative and subjunctive, except in the 1st and

2nd persons plural (and in the vos indicative forms). This pattern is illus-

trated in Tables 10.10 and 10.11.

Table 10.10Verbs in -iarand -uar(present indicative)

Person Enviar‘send’ Continuar‘continue’

Singular

1 (yo) envío continúo

2 (tú) envías continúas

(vos) enviás [LA] continuás [LA]

3 (él etc.) envía continúa

Plural

1 (nosotros) enviamos continuamos

2 (vosotros) enviáis [SP] continuáis [SP]

3 (ellos etc.) envían continúan

Table 10.11Verbs in -iarand -uar(present subjunctive)

Person Enviar Continuar

Singular

1 (yo) envíe continúe

2 (tú/vos) envíes continúes

3 (él etc.) envíe continúe

Plural

1 (nosotros) enviemos continuemos

2 (vosotros) enviéis [SP] continuéis [SP]

3 (ellos etc.) envíen continúen

1111

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

1011

1

12111

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

20111

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

30111

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

40

41111

10

Verb forms

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