Conjugate the verb preferir. What takes place in the conjugation that makes this verb a stem-changing verb?

The verb preferir can be conjugated according to tenses in Spanish. Here we'll give conjugations in the present and in the past. So:

FIRST

Conjugating this verb

Simple present:

The simple present tense is used to talk about habitual actions or routines. So conjugations of the verb preferir using subject pronouns are the following:

Yo prefiero

Tú prefieres

Él/ella prefiere

Nosotros preferimos

Ustedes prefieren

Ellos/ellas prefieren

Preterite tense:

The preterite tense is used to describe actions that took place or were completed at a certain point in the past So conjugations of the verb preferir using subject pronouns are the following:

Yo preferí

Tú preferiste

Él/ella prefirió

Nosotros preferimos

Ustedes prefirieron

Ellos/ellas prefirieron

SECOND

What takes place in the conjugation that makes this verb a stem-changing verb?

The verb preferir is an irregular verb, so this is what makes this verb a stem-changing verb. So, you must learn by heart conjugations of this type of verbs in Spanish because there is no any rule for this type of verbs that you may follow. This is what makes this language to be difficult, the vast conjugation of verbs.

Explanation:

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