I have lost my keys this week.How to Say Even Past Tense in Spanish Introduction
AR verbs -IR/-ER verbs -ado -ido ex.: olvidar (to forget) = olvidado (forgotten) ex.: partir (to leave/to divide, share) = partido (left)Īdd your present tense haber with the participio and you’ve got the present perfect! It’s as simple as that. There is just one participio form of each verb, meaning that it’s not necessary to match it with the subject of the sentence (who completed the action) in gender or number. The participio is formed by adding the appropriate ending to the stem of the verb depending on whether it’s an -ar, -ir, or -er verb. Haber (to have): yo he nosotros hemos tú has vosotros habéis usted, él, ella ha ustedes, ellos, ellas han Past Participle Pick the appropriate present tense of haber to start building your present perfect verb formation. The other one, tener, is more often used to talk about physically having something, like owning or possessing something. Note that Spanish has two verbs which translate to “to have” in English, but haber is mainly used as an auxiliary verb. I used to take violin classes.įind out how Forming the Present Perfect Auxiliary Verb HaberĪlso known as a “helping verb,” haber is conjugated to let us know who completed the action. We have drunk coffee three times today.Ĭareful not to confuse this with repeated actions which are habitual, for which the imperfect is more appropriate. When discussing something completed recently that is relevant to the topic of conversation or a repetition of actions, however, you may want to mention a specific time period, such as “today” or “last month.” I have eaten paella before.Ĭomí paella el septiembre pasado en España. It won’t normally be used in conjunction with specific dates or times like the preterite/simple past tense, but rather should be used to talk about a more general state of things being completed. The present perfect is normally used to express some relevant past information that has to do with the current situation. Like its English counterpart, the Spanish past perfect is used to talk about actions which happened or started in the past, or generally about experiences the subject has had in their life.
I have read your email.Ĭreo que ya he tenido suficiente por hoy.
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Spanish uses the auxiliary verb haber (“to have”) plus the past participle (called the “ participio” ) of the main verb to form the present perfect. She has had enough of his drama!ĭid you notice that each of these sentences has two verbs? Just as in English, the present perfect is a compound tense. Take a look at these English examples and see if you can guess how we’ll form the Spanish present perfect! Use the present perfect (i.e., el pretérito perfecto compuesto or el antepresente) to make a comment about the present state of affairs for someone regarding a completed action from the past.įorming the present perfect in Spanish is simple because it follows the same pattern as English. The Spanish present perfect tense is generally used for descriptions of completed events or actions with a specific endpoint in time that are relevant or have taken place immediately before the present moment.
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