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Irregular verbs that are not that irregular
It just dawned on me that the changes from "o" to "ue" and "e" to "ie" in verbs are really due to the location of the stress. For example "poder", stress is on the "er". "Puedo" stress is on the first syllable, which would normally be a "o" but because it's stressed becomes "ue". That's why podemos is not "puedemos" because the first syllable is not stressed. Same with e becoming "ie". Sentar, sentamos, but siento. To me it would have been easier to explain this rather than telling me that some verbs are irregular and you just have to know which ones. Once you know this, a boat load of verbs become irregular regulars! :)