Breakdown of Mi perro duerme y sueña mucho.
Questions & Answers about Mi perro duerme y sueña mucho.
Why is it duerme instead of "dorme"?
Duerme comes from the verb dormir (to sleep). It is a stem-changing verb. When you conjugate it for mi perro (which acts like "he" or "it"), the o in the stem changes to ue, making it duerme. Does sueña follow the exact same rule as duerme?
Yes! Sueña comes from soñar (to dream). Just like dormir, its stem has an o that changes to ue. Because soñar is an "-ar" verb, it takes the ending -a for mi perro, giving us sueña. Notice that dormir is an "-ir" verb, which is why it takes the ending -e (duerme). I thought sueño was the word for "dream"?
It is! Un sueño is a noun (a thing) meaning "a dream." However, in this sentence we are using the action word soñar (to dream). Sueña is the verb form meaning "he/it dreams." If you wanted to say "I dream," you would actually say yo sueño. Why does the sentence use mucho instead of muchos or mucha?
When mucho describes an action (like sleeping and dreaming) rather than an object, it acts as an adverb meaning "a lot." Adverbs never change their endings to match gender or amount, so it stays exactly as mucho no matter who is doing the action. Learn Mi perro duerme y sueña mucho and more in Spanish
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