Pedir (to ask / to order) is a semi-regular verb in El Presente.
Have a look at its conjugation:
| yo | pido |
| tú | pides |
| él / ella / Ud. | pide |
| nosotros / nosotras |
pedimos |
| vosotros / vosotras |
pedís |
| ellos / ellas / Uds. | piden |
Notice how the first vowel -e- becomes -i-
EXCEPT for nosotros/nosotras and vosotros/vosotras where it remains -e-.
Look at and listen to these examples:
You can see more verbs that follow this pattern:
Verb list: Stem-changing (e > ie) verbs in the present tense
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