Spanish Language and Culture 10-3Y


8.3 The Verb Jugar


Jugar is another stem-changing verb, but this one is a little different than the ones you have learned so far.

With jugar, the u in the stem changes to ue in all except the nosotros and vosotros forms.

jugar β€” to play 
Yo j uego  Nosotros/Nosotras jugamos (no stem change) 
TΓΊ j uegas  Vosotros/Vosotras jugΓ‘is (no stem change) 
Γ‰l/Ella/Usted j uega  Ellos/Ellas/Uds j uegan 


Use the Preposition a


Use the preposition a after jugar with a sport. Remember, when el follows a, the two words combine to form al.

Example
Carolina juega bien al tenis.




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