The verb pedir (to request, ask for) is irregular, (e) changes to (i) in the present tense (with the exception of nosotros and vosotros).

The congugation of the verb pedir is shown in the table below.

pedir (example sentences) (full conjugation)

			

				
 
				
 
				
 
			
			

				
yo
				
 pido
				
(I ask for)
			
			

				
tú
				
 pides
				
(you ask for)
			
			

				
Ud./él/ella
				
 pide
				
(you/he/she ask for)
			
			

				
nosotros (as)
				
 pedimos
				
(we ask for)
			
			

				
vosotros (as)
				
 pedís
				
(you ask for)
			
			

				
Uds./ellos/ ellas
				
 piden
				
(you all/they ask for)
			
		

Let's look at some example sentences:

Le pido que compre un regalo.
I ask you to buy a gift.
¿Por qué no le pides la bicicleta?
Why don't you ask him for the bicycle?
Luis le pide la bicicleta a su hermano.
Luis asks his sister for a bicycle.
Juan y yo le pedimos el balón a Antonio.
Juan and I asked Antonio for the ball.

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