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Present Perfect. http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/presenting-the-present-perfect-in-spanish.html
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Present Perfect http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/presenting-the-present-perfect-in-spanish.html You use the present perfect verb tense in Spanish to express or describe actions that have happened recently and/or actions that still hold true in the present. The present perfect tense is one of seven compound tenses, which means you use the helping verb haber (to have) in the present tense with a past participle. + past participle
Present Perfect Irregulars poner-puesto resolver-resolto romper-roto ver-visto volver-vuelto ir-ido abrir-abierto cubrir-cubierto decir-dicho escribir-escrito hacer-hecho morir-muerto
Past Participle Past Participles are the -ed forms of verbs. You drop the ending and add -ado for -ar verbs and -ido for -ir and -er verbs. Example: I talked to Celina yesterday. Yohablado a Celina ayer. http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/pastpart.htm Remember that there are some irregulars for past participles. abrir (to open) - abierto (open) cubrir (to cover) - cubierto (covered) decir (to say) - dicho (said) escribir (to write) - escrito (written) freír (to fry) - frito (fried) hacer (to do) - hecho (done) morir (to die) - muerto (dead) poner (to put) - puesto (put) resolver (to resolve) - resuelto (resolved) romper (to break) - roto (broken) ver (to see) - visto (seen) volver (to return) - vuelto (returned)