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Spanish Verbs With Spelling Changes – Verbs Ending In Ger And Gir Verbs that end in ger and gir change their spelling in the first person singular of the present indicative tense. These verbs change the g to j in the first person singular.
proteger – to protect yo protejo tú proteges él protege ella protege usted protege nosotros protegemos nosotras protegemos vosotros protegéis vosotras protegéis ellos protegen ellas protegen ustedes protegen
dirigir – to direct yo dirijo tú diriges él dirige ella dirige usted dirige nosotros dirigimos nosotras dirigimos vosotros dirigís vosotras dirigís ellos dirigen ellas dirigen ustedes dirigen
Here are some other verbs that end in ger and gir that change the g to j in the first person singular. acoger – to greet
afligir – to afflict
encoger – to shrink resurgir – to re-emerge
escoger – to choose rugir – to roar
coger – to grab, to hold, to catch exigir – to demand sumergir – to submerge, to drown
corregir – to correct
dirigir – to direct
elegir – to elect
emerger – to emerge
fingir – to pretend surgir – to emerge
infringer – to infringe urgir – to urge
recoger – to pick up
restringir – to restrain
Two of the above verbs are also stem changing verbs. They are corregir and elegir. These 2 verbs change the e to i in the stem. The conjugations are below.
corregir to correct yo corrijo tú corriges él corrige ella corrige usted corrige nosotros corregimos nosotras corregimos vosotros corregís vosotras corregís ellos corrigen ellas corrigen ustedes corrigen
elegir – to elect yo elijo tú eliges él elige ella elige usted elige nosotros elegimos nosotras elegimos vosotros elegís vosotras elegís ellos eligen ellas eligen ustedes eligen
Please remember that with the exception of corregir and elegir, all of the other verbs presented in this handout are conjugated just like proteger and dirigir.
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