Los verbos de cambio (o→ ue)

Los verbos de cambio (o ue)
Repaso (Review):
 Present tense is used to describe actions that occur in the Present

I run

I am running

I do run

Do I run?
 Every verb in Spanish has a stem followed by an ending.
 The stem is everything before the ending and tells the verb’s meaning. The ending in Spanish can tell
you who the subject is. The infinitive ending doesn’t name a subject.

Cantar  to sing

Canto I sing

Cantamos  we sing
 To conjugate a verb means to change the verbs from the infinitive form to match the subject.
 To conjugate a verb in Spanish in Present Tense:
 Drop the ending from the infinitive (the –ar, –er, or –ir)
 Add the ending that matches the particular subject
 The following slide will show all the present tense endings…
Write the ending for each stem:
Los pronombres:
(subject pronouns)
verbos de –ar
(–ar verbs)
verbos de –er
(–er verbs)
verbos de –ir
(–ir verbs)
yo
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tú
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usted
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él
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ella
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nosotros/nosotras
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vosotros/vosotras
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ustedes
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ellos/ellas
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Por ejemplo: Trabajar (to work)
Inglés
Español
Inglés
Español
I work
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We work
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You work
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You all work (Spain)
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You (ud.) work
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You (uds.) work
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He works
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They work
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She works
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Stem-changing verbs:
 There is a fairly large group of verbs in Spanish that undergo changes in their stem when conjugated in
the present tense. These changes occur only in the first and second persons singular and third persons
singular and plural.
 When a line is drawn around the forms that change, the resulting shape vaguely resembles a boot or
high-top shoe; thus, these verbs are sometimes informally called “boot” or “shoe” verbs.
 Some verbs have vowel variations in their stems (the part of the verb before the –ar, –er, or –ir) and are
called stem-changing verbs.
 You have already learned jugar where the u changes to ue, and the verbs querer, tener, and venir where
the e changes to ie.
 Stem-changing verbs still use the regular –ar, –er, and –ir endings.
 The verbs forms for nosotros and vosotros do NOT stem-change.
Por ejemplo: Jugar (uue)
Inglés
Español
Inglés
Español
I play
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We play
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You play
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You all play (Spain)
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You (ud.) play
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You (uds.) play
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He plays
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They play
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She plays
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Common 0ue stem-changing verbs:
Dormir
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Almorzar
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Volver
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Llover
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
Use the word hasta after the verb dormir to say
you sleep until a certain time.

Los domingos dormimos hasta las once.
On Sundays we sleep until 11.
Por ejemplo: Almorzar (oue) to have lunch
Inglés
Español
I have lunch
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You have lunch
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Inglés
We have lunch
You all have lunch
Español
__________________
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(Spain)
You (ud.) have lunch
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You (uds.) have lunch
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He has lunch
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They have lunch
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She has lunch
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Por ejemplo: Volver (oue) to return
Inglés
Español
Inglés
Español
I return
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We return
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You return
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You all return (Spain)
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You (ud.) return
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You (uds.) return
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He returns
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They return
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She returns
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