The Present Perfect

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The Present Perfect

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The Present Perfect

• In English we form the present perfect tense by
  combining have or has with the past participle of
  a verb he has seen, have you tried?, they
  havent eaten.

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The Present Perfect

• To form the past participle of a verb in Spanish,
  you add -ado to the stem of -ar verbs and
  -ido to the stem of most -er/-ir verbs.

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The Present Perfect

• To form the present-perfect tense, we combine
  this past participle with the present tense of
  the verb haber.

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The Present Perfect

• We generally use the Spanish present perfect in
  the same way we use its English equivalent.

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The Present Perfect

• I have rented
• You have rented
• He, She It
• has rented

• We have rented
• They have rented

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The Present Perfect

• he alquilado
• has alquilado
• ha alquilado

• hemos alquilado
• habéis alquilado
• han alquilado

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The Present Perfect

• I have chosen
• You have chosen
• He, She It
• has chosen

• We have chosen
• They have chosen

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The Present Perfect

• he escogido
• has escogido
• ha escogido

• hemos escogido
• habéis escogido
• han escogido

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The Present Perfect

• I have decided
• You have decided
• He, She It
• has decided

• We have decided
• They have decided

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The Present Perfect

• he decidido
• has decidido
• ha decidido

• hemos decidido
• habéis decidido
• han decidido

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The Present Perfect

• No he alquilado un video hoy.
• I havent rented a video today.

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The Present Perfect

• Qué programa han escogido?
• What program have they chosen?

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The Present Perfect

• Notice that when the past participle is used
  with forms of haber, the final -o never changes.

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The Present Perfect

• Ricardo ha grabado su película favorita.
• Sus hermanos han grabado una telenovela.

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The Present Perfect

• Certain verbs that have a double vowel in the
  infinitive form (except those with the double
  vowel ui ) require an accent mark on the i in
  the past participle.

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The Present Perfect
caído

• Caer
• Leer
• Oír
• Creer

leído
oído
creído
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The Present Perfect

• Notice that we place no and other negative words,
  object pronouns, and reflexive pronouns directly
  in front of the form of the verb haber.

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The Present Perfect

• Has alquilado esa película alguna vez?
• No, no la he alquilado nunca.

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The Present Perfect

• Some verbs have irregular past participles.
• Memorize this acronym
• REVV MAC PHDD

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• R roto
• E escrito
• V visto
• V vuelto
• M muerto
• A abierto
• C cubierto
• P puesto
• H hecho
• D dicho
• D devuelto

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