To continue with more o:ue and u:ue stem-changing verbs… Common o:ue stem-changing verbs Infinitivo OJO 1: The preposition “a” (to) typically follows the verb “jugar” before mention of a game or sport and does not have a direct equivalent in English. Notice again the “nosotros / vosotros” forms do not stem-change: Jugar: to play (games, sports) Subject pronouns The verb “tocar” (not stem-changing) is used to express “to play” musical instruments. The verb “jugar” (to play) seems to be the only u:ue stem-changing verb in Spanish it’s meaning “to play” is used in the sense of to play games and sports. A rising inflection of the voice at the end of the question would signal the difference between a statement “I can” (puedo) and “Can I? (¿Puedo?): Poder: can, to be able to Subject pronounsĪre you (pl-Spain) able to return at three? Once again, recall that to make questions, we can simply conjugate the verb that agrees with the subject of the sentence. Poder: can, to be able to Subject pronouns Although the chart below shows the basic meaning of each conjugation to mean “I can”, “you can”, etc., keep in mind that the other meanings are “I’m able to”, “you’re able to” and so on for the other conjugations. The verb “poder” (can, to be able to) is another practical verb that allows us to talk about one’s capacity to do something and to ask for permission. The pattern that we saw before remains the same the constant is that the “nosotros / vosotros” forms do not have changes in their stems while all other forms do. The second type of stem-changing verbs involve those with either an “o” or a “u” in the stem, and the change is to “ue”.
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