1. Page 233 The verb poder

2. The Verb PODER The verb PODER means “to be able to” or “can”

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

4. The Verb Poder For example POD is the stem ER is the ending…thus makes PODER

5. Stem Changing Verbs PODER is what we call a “stem-changing verb”.

6. Stem Changing Verbs The “stem” is what changes, so the stem POD changes the “o” to “ue” in all forms except the nosotros and vosotros.

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

8. Remember “ER” Endings? o es e emos éis en

9. PODER yopuedo túpuedes Ud. élpuede ella nosotros nosotras podemos (NO CHANGE) Uds. ellos pueden ellas

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

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

12. DORMIR The verb DORMIR is very similar to PODER. It means “to sleep.”

13. DORMIR DORMIR is a “stem-changing” verb. It is an “o > ue” stem- changing verb.

14. DORMIR The stem of “dormir” is… “dorm” What changes? “duerm”

15. DORMIR DORMIR follows regular “-ir” endings. o, es, e, imos, ís, en

16. DORMIR All forms change except the nosotros and vosotros forms. Let’s see!

17. DORMIR yo duermo tú duermes él ella duerme Ud. nosotros nosotras dormimos (NO CHANGE) ellos ellas duermen Uds.