"Ella puede cambiar."
Translation:She can change.
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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. .
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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.
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The audio seems to be saying "campiar" here. Could be the translation for "to camp". :D It's actually "acampar" though.
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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.
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The literal translation of what you're saying is: "Ella es capaz de cambiar". The translation that duolingo gives here is right.
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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!
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Tu eres un mentiroso, yo se que ella no puede cambiar, ella sera una diablo para siempre guey
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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
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)