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Jugar means to play a sport. | |
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Jugar is a "stem changing verb." (We will learn more about these later. For now just memorize this verb's conjugation.") | |
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Because it is a "stem changing" verb, you will notice that the spelling changes in certain places. The u in the stem changes to ue in all but the nosotros and vosotros forms. | |
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You will notice that the endings are the same as they are for all "ar" verbs. | |
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The subjects are in parentheses in the Spanish conjugation, since they are not required. You can see that each verb form is different. Therefore, if you saw the form juego, for example, you would know that yo (I) is the subject or the verb jugamos you would know that nosotros (we) is the subject. | |
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The preposition a (to) is used after jugar with a sport.
When a is followed by the
definite article el, the
two words combine to form the contraction
al.
a + el =
al Juego al tenis. I play tennis. Juegan al ajedrez. I play chess. |
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