I need someone who know a little bit of Spanish. I am having trouble learning the jugar verbs. I need someone who knows them and is willing to teach me.

Thanks,
Taylor

Thank you for using the Jiskha Homework Help Forum. The verb jugar = to play, is a stem-changing verb in 4/6 forms:

yo juego
tú juegas
él/ella/usted juega

nosotros/nosotras jugamos
vosotros/vosotras jugais
ellos/ellas/ustedes juegan

Sra

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P.S. In the Present Indicative Tense, there are 3 possible English translations.

juego = I play, I DO play, I AM playING

Sra

P.P.S. Now that I have more time, I can explain the WHY of the stem changes! Any word, without a written accent mark follows this rule of pronunciation. If it ends in a consonant, other than -n or -s, the stress naturally falls on the next-to-last syllable. Example: mu-CHA-cho.

If it ends in a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) or the consonant -n or -s, the stress naturally falls on the last syllable. Example: ju-GAR.

Following that rule, the "yo" form MUST be pronounced on the next-to-last syllable. Sound out "JU-go" if there is no stem-change. That is the word for "juice!" So, the "o" changes to "ue" to give it more strength = JUE-go. The nosotros/vosotros forms end in -s so the stress naturally falls on ju-GA-mos, ju-GA-is. In other words, those two forms are spelled like the infinitive: ju-GAR (juGAmos, juGAis)

Other -ar verbs that function just like "jugar" = acordarse (de) - to remember
acostarse = to go to bed
almorzar = to eat lunch
contar = to count, to relate, to tell
costar = to cost
encontrar = to find, to meet
mostrar = to show
recordar = to remember
renovar = to remodel, to renew
tronar = to thunder
volar = to fly

Sra

Thank you very much. I also am trying to learn the verb form of quere. Can you help me with that? Thanks,

Taylor

Hi Taylor! I can help you with that. Jugar is a Spanish verb that means "to play." It's a regular verb, which means it follows a set pattern of conjugation. To conjugate jugar, you need to change the ending of the verb depending on the subject pronoun.

Here's how you conjugate jugar in the present tense:
- Yo juego (I play)
- Tú juegas (You play, informal)
- Él/Ella/Usted juega (He/She/You play, formal)
- Nosotros/Nosotras jugamos (We play)
- Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes juegan (They/You all play)

To practice using jugar, you can create sentences using these conjugations. For example:
- Yo juego fútbol los sábados. (I play soccer on Saturdays.)
- Tú juegas videojuegos con tus amigos. (You play video games with your friends.)
- Ella juega tenis en el club. (She plays tennis at the club.)
- Nosotros jugamos al baloncesto todos los viernes. (We play basketball every Friday.)
- Ellos juegan en el mismo equipo. (They play on the same team.)

It's important to remember that regular verbs like jugar follow the same conjugation pattern, so learning jugar will help you with other verbs as well. Practice speaking and writing sentences using jugar, and soon you'll become more comfortable with it.

I hope this explanation helps you! Let me know if you have any other questions or if there's anything else I can assist you with.