Verbs whose root ends in "ll" or "ñ"
Verbs whose root ends in "ll" or "ñ"
Verbs whose root ends in "ll" or "ñ" take e and o instead of ie and io, as:
| Bullir (to boil). | Gruñir (to growl, grumble). |
| Pres. Part., Bullendo | Gruñendo |
| Past Def. Bulló, bulleron | Gruñó, gruñeron[4] |
Footnote 4: The Imperf. and Fut. Subj. follow the Past Def.]
Verbs in whose conjugations "i" should come unstressed between two vowels change the unstressed "i" into y, as:
| Creer (to believe). | |
| Pres. Part. | Creyendo. |
| Past Def. | Creyó ... creyeron. |
But the Imperf. Indic.: creía, creías, creía, creíamos, creíais, creían.
Verbs ending in zar change the "z" into c before e (because, with very few exceptions, "z" is not used in modern Spanish before "e" or "i"), as:
| Gozar (to enjoy). | |
| Pres. Subj. | Goce, goces, goce, gocemos, gocéis, gocen. |
| Past. Def. | Gocé ... |