Lesson 35 · 8:59
Puedo and podemos
The same stress rule turns o into ue: puedo but podemos, with volver, costar and dormir.
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Show notes
What you learn
- o → ue in a stressed syllable: puedo / podemos, pueden
- volver (to come back), dormir (to sleep), costar (to cost): cuesta / cuestan
- poco (not much) vs un poco (a little)
Sentences you can say
- Podemos volver mañana.
- ¿Cuánto cuestan? (How much are they?)
- Duermo poco. (I don't sleep much.)
Watch out for
"Puedemos" → same rule as Lesson 34; poDEmos keeps the o: Podemos.