Haber

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Haber

• To have

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To Have

• The verb to have is used in three different
  ways in English
• to have something (possession)
• to have to do something (obligation)
• to have done something (reference to an activity)
• Consider the following examples
• I have a wagon.
• I have to study for a test.
• I have been to the zoo.

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Tener vs. Haber

• Tener is used to talk about possession and
  obligation.
• Haber is used to refer to actions.
• Haber can be confusing at first, but mastering it
  is a big step toward mastering Spanish.
• Tenses that use haber are referred to as perfect
  tenses.

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Using to have to talk about actions

• I have seen that movie.
• I would have spoken to her.
• I will have graduated by then.
• I had been waiting for an hour.

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Haber

• Haber can be conjugated into any tense, just like
  any other verb.
• Present (he, has, ha), Preterit (hube, hubiste,
  hubo), Imperfect (había, habías, había), etc.
• However, haber never stands alone. It is always
  accompanied by another verb, in the past
  participle form. (See next slide)
• Haber is irregular in many tenses.

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Past Participle

• The past participle of a verb is formed by
  removing the ending (ar, er, or ir) and adding
  ado (for ar verbs) or ido (for er or ir
  verbs).
• When used with haber, the participles are not
  modified according to number or gender.
• There are many irregular past participles.

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Present Perfect

• This is where things get a little confusing. The
  present perfect is used to talk about things that
  have happened, meaning that it actually refers to
  the past however, the present tense of haber is
  used. (This same confusion exists in English, we
  just dont ever think about it.)
• Yo he hablado con ella.
• I have spoken to her.

Past participle of haber
Present yo form of haber.
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Haber in different Tenses
I have talked to her. Yo he hablado con ella.
I had talked to her. Yo hube hablado con
ella. (This is very uncommon the imperfect is
generally used instead.)
I had talked to her. Yo había hablado con ella.
I would have talked to her. Yo habría hablado con
ella.
I will have talked to her. Yo habré hablado con
ella.
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Practice

• Using what you have just learned, try to
  translate the following sentences
• I have eaten dinner.
• You have visited your friends.
• We had already arrived.
• He would have made good grades.
• They will have called already.