1. STEM-CHANGING O  UE VERBS PG. 164

2. WHAT IS A STEM? “stem” A “stem” is the remainder of a verb after the –ar, -er, or –ir ending is dropped off. Ejemplo: comer  com vivir  viv hablar  hab

3. WHAT’S A STEM- CHANGER? A “stem-changing” verb has a CHANGE that takes place somewhere in the STEM. In this case, our O in the stem is going to change to UE.

4. RECUERDAS These changes take place in all subject pronoun boxes EXCEPT vosotros and nosotros. That’s why we also call them BOOT VERBS.

5. DORMIR (O  UE): TO SLEEP Yo Duermo I sleep. Nosotros(as) Dormimos We sleep. Tú Duermes You (inf.) sleep. Vosotros(as) Dormís You all (Spain) sleep. Él, Ella, Ud. Duerme (He, She, You, It sleeps.) Ellos, Ellas, Uds. Duermen They,You all sleep.

6. DORMIR HASTA *Use DORMIR HASTA to say you sleep until a certain time. Modelo: Los domingos dormimos hasta las once. On sundays we sleep until 11.

7. ALMORZAR (O  UE): TO EAT LUNCH almuerzoalmorzamos almuerzasalmorzáis almuerzaalmuerzan

8. VOLVER (O  UE): TO RETURN/TO COME BACK vuelvovolvemos vuelvesvolvéis vuelvevuelven

9. LLOVER (O  UE): TO RAIN -- -- llueve-