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Do you often lose your keys or misplace your phone? Well, you\u2019ve come to the right place. We won\u2019t be able to help you find them, but we\u2019ll teach you how to explain the situation to your Spanish-speaking friends. In this article, we\u2019ll go over the perder <\/em>conjugation.<\/p>\n We\u2019ll start by looking at what type of verb it is and its verbals. We\u2019ll then move on to perder <\/em>conjugation basics and move on to more advanced tenses. We\u2019ll finish off with some fun phrases that include this verb. Let\u2019s get to it!<\/p>\n Perder <\/em>is a stem-changing verb. Therefore, it doesn\u2019t follow the standard conjugation for verbs ending in \u201c-er.\u201d But don\u2019t stress! You\u2019ll dominate the perder <\/em>irregularities in no time.<\/p>\n As you probably know by now, in Spanish, verbs end either in \u201c-ar,\u201d \u201c-er,\u201d or \u201cir.\u201d The other part of the verb is called a stem. Stem-changing verbs are those that change the last vowel of the stem in some conjugations. Perder sometimes <\/em>changes the \u201ce\u201d for an \u201cie\u201d in some cases, as we\u2019ll see below.<\/p>\n If you are unclear about stem-changing verbs, you can find more information in this article<\/a>.<\/p>\n Now that we know what type of verb perder <\/em>is, let\u2019s dig into its conjugation. We\u2019ll start by looking at its verbals: the infinitive, the gerund and the participle. These verbals function as nouns, adjectives and adverbs instead of actual verbs. This may sound tricky, but we promise it\u2019s pretty straightforward, as you\u2019ll see with the examples below.<\/p>\n Perder<\/strong> (to lose\/misplace)<\/p>\n Perdiendo<\/strong> (losing)<\/p>\n Perdido<\/strong> (lost\/misplaced)<\/p>\n As you\u2019re probably tired of hearing by now, the Spanish indicative mood has ten tenses. We\u2019ll first go over the most common and simplest forms of the perder <\/em>conjugation of the indicative mood: presente <\/em>(present), pret\u00e9rito imperfecto <\/em>(imperfect preterite, a form of the past tense), pret\u00e9rito perfecto <\/em>(perfect preterite, another form of the past tense) and futuro <\/em>(future).<\/p>\n<\/a>What kind of verb is perder<\/em>?<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Verbals of perder<\/em>: infinitive, gerund and participle<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Infinitive<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Perder <\/em>conjugation for all levels<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Have I lost you? Perder <\/em>conjugation for beginners<\/strong><\/h3>\n