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Despite its name, the present perfect tense in Spanish (and English as well) is used to refer to events that happened in the past .
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Despite its name, the present perfect tense in Spanish (and English as well) is used to refer to events that happened in the past. In Spanish, the present perfect tense is formed by the present tense of haber followed by the past participle. (In English it's the present tense of "to have" followed by the past participle.) ¿QuÉes el presente perfecto?
All perfect tenses are made up of two parts: the helping verb and the past participle of the main verb: helping verbpast participlehelping verbpast participle He haseaten. We haveseen. They haveleft. You havefinished. I havestudied. She hasfallen. Past participle
Yo he Tú has Él-ella-usted ha Nosotros/as hemos Vosotros/as habéis Ellos- ellas-Udshan CONJUGACION DEL VERBO HABER HAVE /HAS DONE SOMETHING
El presente perfecto es un tiempo compuesto. (compound tense) formado con el presente del verbo HABER (tohave) y el PARTICIPIO PASADO de otro verbo. EL PARTICIPIO PASADO se forma cambiando la terminación AR ADO HABLAR HABLADO ER IDO COMER COMIDO IR IDO ASISTIR ASISTIDO EL PRESENTE PERFECTO
Yohehablado Túhashablado Él-ella-Ud. hahablado Nosotros/as hemoshablado Vosotros/as habéishablado Ellos/as Uds. Hanhablado EL PRESENTE PERFECTO Con verbos ER - IR Yohe comidoI have eaten Tú has dormidoyou have slept Él-ella-Ud. ha asistidohe/she has attended. You have attended Nosotros/as hemoscorrido We have run Vosotros/as habéisleído You all have read Ellos/as Uds. Han vendido They/ you all have sold Have /has spoken or talked
We use present perfect: 1- When speaking about something (an action) that was true in the past and still true in the present. He estudiadoespañolpor dos años.( I have studied spanish for two years.) 2- To indicate that an action was completed recently. He terminado la tarea. 3- To tell what you have or have not done. He estudiadoespañolpero no he estudiadoalemán. EL USO DEL PRESENTE PERFECTO
There are, of course, irregular past participles in Spanish as there are in English. call have called jump have jumped look have looked eat have eated???? have eaten bring have bringed???? have brought