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Title: The verb poder


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  • The verb poder

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The Verb PODER
  • The verb PODER means
  • to be able to or can

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The Verb PODER
  • Remember, in Spanish all verbs have two parts,
    the stem and the ending.

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The Verb Poder
  • For example POD is the stem
  • ER is the endingthus makes PODER

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Stem Changing Verbs
  • PODER is what we call a stem-changing verb.

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Stem Changing Verbs
  • The stem is what changes, so the stem POD
    changes the o to ue in all forms except the
    nosotros.

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Stem Changing Verbs
  • So instead of POD, you have PUED.
  • The endings follow the regular er endings.

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TO BE ABLE TO, CAN
  • I CAN
  • YOU CAN
  • HE
  • SHE CAN
  • IT
  • WE CAN
  • THEY CAN

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Remember ER Endings?
  • o
  • es
  • e
  • emos
  • éis
  • en

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PODER
  • yo puedo
  • tú puedes
  • ud.
  • él puede
  • ella
  • nosotros podemos
  • (NO CHANGE)
  • vosotros podéis
  • uds.
  • ellos pueden
  • ellas

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Uses of PODER
  • When the forms of PODER are followed by another
    verb, the second verb is always an infinitive.

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Uses of PODER
  • For example
  • No puedo ir al cine contigo el viernes.

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Lets review PODER again and remember, you do NOT
change the nosotros or the vosotros forms!
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PODER
  • yo puedo
  • tú puedes
  • ud.
  • él puede
  • ella
  • nosotros podemos
  • (NO CHANGE)
  • vosotros podéis
  • uds.
  • ellos pueden
  • ellas

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DORMIR
  • The verb DORMIR is very similar to PODER. It
    means to sleep.

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DORMIR
  • DORMIR is a stem-changing verb.
  • It is an o gt ue stem-changing verb.

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DORMIR
  • The stem of dormir is
  • dorm
  • What changes?

duerm
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DORMIR
  • DORMIR follows regular -ir endings.
  • o, es, e, imos, ís, en

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DORMIR
  • All forms change except the nosotros form.
  • Lets see!

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TO SLEEP
  • I sleep
  • You sleep
  • He
  • She sleeps
  • It
  • We sleep
  • They sleep

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DORMIR
  • yo duermo
  • tú duermes
  • él
  • ella duerme
  • Ud.
  • nos. dormimos
  • (NO CHANGE)
  • vosotros dormís
  • ellos
  • ellas duermen
  • Uds.
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