O to UE Irregular — Spanish Verb Conjugation

Spanish Verbs Present Tense

Now we’ll take a look at the next set of irregular verbs whose stems change from “o” to “ue”. Remember that the stems change for everyone except “nosotros” because “nosotros” likes to stay regular”. The same is true with “vosotros” that you can learn if you’re going to Spain.

Let’s take a closer look at the verb “poder” which, as you learned in Level I, means “can” or “to be able to”. Remember that the stem changes from “poder” to “puedo”, or in other words, the “o” changes to “ue”.

The “o” to “ue” stem changing verbs are the following. Review them over and over again until they start to seem natural to you.

The verb [encontr][ar]    changes to:   encuentro
The verb [devolv][er]     changes to:   devuelvo
The verb [dorm][ir]        changes to:   duermo
The verb [mor][ir]           changes to:   muero
The verb [record][ar]      changes to:   recuerdo
The verb [mostr][ar]       changes to:   muestro
The verb [llov][er]          changes to:   llueve
The verb [pod][er]    changes to:   puedo
The verb [mov][er]         changes to:   muevo
The verb [cost][ar]          changes to:   cuesto
The verb [volv][er]         changes to:   vuelvo
The verb [jug][ar]           changes to:   juego
The verb [cont][ar]         changes to:   cuento
The verb [almorz][ar]     changes to:   almu rzo

Let’s practice these now so you can get an idea of how these stem changing verbs work. Just a last reminder that all of the stems change from “o” to “ue” except with “nosotros” (and “vosotros” if you’re in Spain)

“O” to “UE” Practice

Let’s begin the quiz:

How’d you do? If you’d like, here you can either review the lesson you just learned, or, if you feel comfortable with it, you can go on to the next lesson.