Spanish -er verbs that undergo a stem change o>ue in El Presente have the same stem change in El Presente de Subjuntivo in Spanish.
Learn how to conjugate stem-changing -er verbs: o>ue in El Presente de Subjuntivo in Spanish
Volver (to return) and mover (to move) are two common verbs that undergo this change: o > ue in El Presente de Subjuntivo in Spanish
Volver and mover in El Presente de Subjuntivo in Spanish
|
VOLVER to return |
MOVER to move |
|
| yo | vuelva | mueva |
| tú | vuelvas | muevas |
|
él / ella |
vuelva | mueva |
| nosotros nosotras |
volvamos | movamos |
| vosotros vosotras |
volváis |
mováis |
| ellos / ellas ustedes |
vuelvan | muevan |
Notice how the -o- from the infinitive has changed to a -ue- in all forms except for nosotros and vosotros.
The endings are the same as other regular -er verbs in El Presente de Subjuntivo in Spanish.
Other verbs affected by this change are:
- Poder (to be able to [modal verb])
- Devolver (to return [something])
- Remover (to stir)
- Promover (to promote)
- Disolver (to dissolve)
- Envolver (to wrap)
- Demoler (to demolish)
- Cocer (to boil)
Por favor, no muevan ustedes esos papeles de sitio.Please, do not move those papers around. (directed at you = ustedes)
Be extra careful as some verbs that undergo the o>ue stem change also have a consonant change to keep the sound of their infinitive. For example: "cocer" (to boil)
cocer → yo cueza
See the A2 Spanish verb list: Stem-changing verbs - present tense (o > ue).
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