The Verb Jugar

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The Verb Jugar

In

Spanish, the verb jugar is used to

talk about playing a sport or a game.
Even though jugar uses the same
endings as the other -ar verbs, it has
a different stem in some forms.

The Verb Jugar

For

those forms, the -u- becomes

-ue- .
This kind of verb is called a stemchanging verb.
Here are the present tense forms...

Jugar (To Play)

Yo

juego

Nosotros

jugamos

juegas

Vosotros

jugis

juega

Uds.
Ellos
Ellas

juegan

Ud.
l
Ella

The Verb Jugar

Many

Spanish speakers always use

jugar a and the name of the sport or
game:
Juegas al vleibol?
Others do not use the a:
Juegas vleibol?