I don't understand how to change these words into the yo, tu, nosotros, etc. forms. For example, "acostarse" I don't understand how to plug in the "ue". Just go 0 = ue? What about despertarse to ie?. Created by xoxo. society-culture-en - languages-en

Spanish stem changing verbs: Acostarse (ue), despertarse (ie), dormirse (ue) I don't understand them?

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Spanish stem changing verbs: Acostarse (ue), despertarse (ie), dormirse (ue) I don't understand them?

I don't understand how to change these words into the yo, tu, nosotros, etc. forms. For example, "acostarse" I don't understand how to plug in the "ue". Just go 0 = ue? What about despertarse to ie?

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Acostarse

Yo me acuesto

Tú te acuestas

Él se acuesta

Nosotros nos acostamos

Ellos se acuestan

Despertarse

Yo me despierto

Tú te despiertas

Él se despierta

Nosotros nos despertamos

Ellos se despiertan

Dormirse

Yo me duermo

Tú te duermas

Él se duerme

Nosotros nos dormimos

Ellos se duermen

Edit: When the textbooks or whatever your source may be, the "ue", "ie" ,ect tends to refer to the first VOWEL of the infinitive verb.

"Jugar" (to play) is also a stem changing verb however not a reflexive.

Conjugating it would be displayed as "ue"

Yo juego

Tú juegas

Él juega

Nosotros jugamos

Ellos juegan

IMPORTANT NOTE: With stem changing verbs, the form of NOSOTROS stays in with the regular present tense conjugation rules. With -IR verbs, it would be conjugated as -imos. With -ER verbs, it would be -emos and with -AR verbs it would be -amos. This conjugation rule also applies with the stem changing verbs.

Hope this helped!

Edit: Gracias Bryan! Un abrazo!