Learn o-ue boot verbs
Remember that there are 3 kinds of stem-changing verbs:
1. e - ie stem-changing verbs
2. o - ue stem-changing verbs
3. e - i stem-changing verbs
In this lesson, we'll talk about the second kind of stem-changing verb, o - ue. To conjugate these verbs, you start and end the same way you conjugate regular verbs. You simply add in one extra step. After taking off the -ar,-er, or -ir ending, look for an o in the stem, and change it to ue. Are you conjugating a verb in the nosotros or vosotros form? Then don't do the extra step, and conjugate the verb just as you would a regular verb.
Steps:
1. Take off the -ar, -er, -ir ending.
2. You're left with the stem. Change the o to ue.
3. Add the conjugated ending.
Look at the example verb below, dormir. The stem changes are in red, the unchanged parts of the verb stem are in blue, and the -ir verb endings are in green.
There is one o-ue verb that is actually a u-ue verb: jugar. See the conjugations of jugar, below.
jugar (play)
juego
juegas
juega
jugamos
jugáis
juegan
Watch the video on o-ue stem-changing verbs.
Quiz yourself on o-ue stem-changing verbs.
Mira la lista de verbos comunes de cambios de raíz o-ue:
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