SHOE VERBS

(In the Present Tense)

yo

nosotros

 

Ud/él/ella

Uds/ellos/ellas

 

These are called shoe verbs because the green sections have the vowel change for the following pronouns:

yo-I

-you informal

Ud-you formal

él-he, ella-she

Uds-you all

ellos-they-masculine

ellas-they feminine

Really it does look like a shoe or maybe a sock or boot!

Ejemplo/Example:

Poder-to be able to

O changes to UE in the green boxes

yo puedo

Nosotros/as podemos

tú puedes

*Vosotros podéis

Ud/él/ella puede

Uds/ellos/ellas pueden

*Note you are not responsible for vosotros since it is only used in Spain.

 

HELPFUL HINT

List of SHOE Verbs

Some More Examples of Shoe Verb Conjugations

DORMIR

yo duermo

nosotros dormimos

tú duermes

 

Ud/él/ella duerme

Uds/ellos/ellas duermen

CERRAR

yo cierro

nosotros cerramos

tú cierras

 

Ud/él/ella cierra

Uds/ellos/ellas cierran

 

WANT TO CONJUGATE MORE SHOE VERBS????

OF COURSE!!!!!!

  1. Change the vowel everywhere except for:
  2. (in cerrar------change the e to ie)

    nosotros

    &

    vosotros (vosotros is used in Spain—we are not using this)

  3. For nosotros and vosotros conjugate as you would for any regular

AR, ER, or IR ending verb.

 

To Review Regular Verb Conjugations in the Present

http://www.geocities.com/flteachmd/regular.html

 

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