isn't in presente: empiezco and not empiezo ???

Question

Isn't in presente: empiezco and not empiezo ???

There must be some kind of mistake.

dudesnak3, Welcome to the forum. The rules of this site require proper punctuation, Capitals and periods where required. Thanks. - 002262dd, Jan 12, 2011

Answer 1

Why is the plural of child not childs? Why is the past of bring not bringed? It is called an irregularity, and there are hundreds of irregular verbs in Spanish, so you'll have to get used to them. In particular, most of the verbs (most, not all!) ending in -zer or -zir change to zc, like "conocer -> conozco", "lucir -> luzco". "Empezar" ends in -zar, so it doesn't have this irregularity, but the "e" changes to "ie" (empiezo").

Most endings in -cir or -cer,change to zc, but not all, as you said. - Agora, Jan 12, 2011

Answer 2

I recognise empezar as a radical changing verb, which means that when it is conjugated to the Present tense and the Present Subjunctive tense, it changes its middle e to ie, to form 'empiezo', although in the subjunctive form it becomes 'empiece'. I don't understand where you got the 'co' from.

Answer 3

Empiezo is correct, "empiezco" is totally wrong.

yo empiez-o

tu empiez-as

él/ ella/ eso/ ello/ empiez-a

nosotros-empez-amos

ustedes-empiez-an

vosotros-empez-áis

ellos empiez-an

The verb is "empezar", it is not "empiezcar"

Answer 4

Empiezo is correct, but there isn't empiezco.

Answer 5

It's empiezo. The form of empezar, it's one of those conjugated e-ie verbs.