"Ella puede cambiar."

Translation: She can change.

[Michael_Black]

It's this mentality that causes bad relationships

[DarkVoice]

Yup, never count on the other person changing.

[ScottBoggs3]

Famous last words haha

[Filipinacionista]

Damn... Now that's reality :'(

[vandermonde]

Can you use this verb with clothes in Spanish?

[Anhubis]

Sí. "Ella se cambia la camisa", por ejemplo.

[horvathdavid]

Ella se puede cambiar la camisa.

[FreddyRay]

por que "se"?

[horvathdavid]

Hi FreddyRay, the reflexive "se" is hard for English speakers to understand. . Ella se puede cambiar la camisa = she can change her shirt. The act of her changing her shirt is a reflexive action, "se" is a bit abstract to explain in black and white therefore my best advice is to keep learning Spanish until you get the concept subconsciously. .

[marilena.av]

It's because the action she is doing retuns back to her, she is doing the action and it affects her back.
e.g. She changes the shirt (of herself).
-> Ella se cambia la camisa. She changes the shirt (of the baby) -> Ella cambia la camisa (del bebé).
This is when you use "se" which, depending on the person who acts, changes to "me/te/se/nos..."etc.

[missy20201]

Wow, I finally get this! Thanks a bunch :D

[wmq]

It means "herself". She did this to herself. (It can also be himself/itself.)

[bluthbanana87]

Can you use this verb when talking about an Animorph?

[RyagonIV]

Well, sure. :)
Transformarse might be a good choice, too.

[LordBerkut]

... pero solo en la noche...

[Heikheik]

The audio seems to be saying "campiar" here. Could be the translation for "to camp". :D It's actually "acampar" though.

[malkeynz]

Without further context, wouldn't it be more likely to be "cambiarse"? I would expect some sort of object.

Edit: I've heard from a couple of sources that cambiar doesn't use the reflexive when it has this meaning, it's a bit of an exception compared to other verbs. Some additional confirmation from a native speaker would be nice though.

[NathanielN2006]

Yes, "gear" can be used for a change!

[donguillermo]

She is able to change. Literally.

[IgnasiJM]

The literal translation of what you're saying is: "Ella es capaz de cambiar". The translation that duolingo gives here is right.

[tessbee]

Thank you for that, Ignasi! I've been waiting to see something like this input for sometime now since tener que started coming up in the lesson. I've always used has/have to when I see "tener que" in the exercises but I've been curious to know how to express (be) able to, so, once again, ¡muchas gracias!

[Thomas.Martinez.]

Hay. We are connected friends of hola3245

[kerifue]

Is "she can switch" incorrect? Why?

[casanova4l]

I am also wondering that. It is indeed not accepted.

[PersonHi]

She can change clothes or personality?

[tessbee]

I believe to change clothes is cambiarse.

[HarpoChico]

... but only if she wants to...

[rasbach1981]

Why is "she is able to change" incorrect?

[PatCleary50]

That's what I want to know, too

[ElGranVagabundo]

Tu eres un mentiroso, yo se que ella no puede cambiar, ella sera una diablo para siempre guey

[Seva13]

A leopard can never change its spots.

[PaytonElPolyglot]

I was wondering if this could work with seatings like in a classroom...

Student:Ella no quiere cambiar. Teacher:No, ELLA PUEDE CAMBIAR"
l said she can switch(like in terms of desks) which is also cambiar I believe...ayuda me por favor

[Angry_Mongoose]

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YESSSSS! A little bit of my past here. This sentence would have been SO useful years ago! My friends, my sister, and I always would play, "Spirit animals'. If someone hated their animal, sometimes we would let them change it. This sentence would be useful if I had had a Mexican friend back then. (I still don't but ya know)

[MaxineBudd]

Button that slows down the sentence no longer works???