The Present Perfect Tense

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The Present Perfect Tense

• Unit 5 - p. 214
• Realidades 3

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The Present Perfect

• In English we form the present perfect tense by
  combining have or has (as a helping/auxiliary
  verb)
• with the past participle of a verb
• He has seen it Have you tried?
• They havent eaten etc.

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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
• estar est- -ado estado
• comer com- -ido _________

comido
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The Present Perfect

• To form the present perfect tense, combine this
  past participle with the present tense of the
  verb haber
• he hemos
• has habéis
• ha han
• normally used as there is/there are hay

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The Present Perfect

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

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The Present Perfect

• I have been
• You have been
• He, She, it has been

• We have been
• You all have been
• They have been

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The Present Perfect

• he estado
• has estado
• ha estado

• hemos estado
• habéis estado
• han estado

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The Present Perfect

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

• We have sung
• Yall have sung
• They have sung

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The Present Perfect

• he cantado
• has cantado
• ha cantado

• hemos cantado
• habéis cantado
• han cantado

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The Present Perfect

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

• We have decided
• (all of) you 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 arreglado la bicicleta todavía.
• I havent fixed the bicycle yet.

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The Present Perfect

• Qué trabajos has tenido?
• What jobs have you had?

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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.
• Pepita y Andrea 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
• Traer
• Reír

leído
oído
creído
traído
reído
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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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• acronynm participle
• R roto
• E escrito
• V visto
• V vuelto
• M muerto
• A abierto
• C cubierto
• P puesto
• H hecho
• D dicho
• D devuelto

Infinitive verb Romper Escribir Ver Volver Morir
Abrir Cubrir Poner Hacer Decir Devolver