Perfect Tenses
Perfect Tense Perfect Tenses are formed by combining haber and a past participle. haber + past participle
Perfect Tense Haber conjugates in all tenses for perfect tenses. This is different from the haber use of hay and había to mean “There is/are” and “There was/were”
Perfect Tenses Present Preterite he hemos hube hubimos has habéis hubiste hubimos ha han hubo hubieron Imperfect Future había habíamos habré habremos habías habíais habrás habréis había habían habrá habrán
Perfect Tenses Conditional habría habríamos habrías habríais habría habrían Subjunctive Present Imperfect haya hayamos hubiera hubiéramos hayas hayáis hubieras hubierais haya hayan hubiera hubieran
Perfect Tenses Present Perfect: have read Preterite Perfect: had read Imperfect Perfect: had read Future Perfect: will have read Conditional Perfect: would have read Present Subjunctive Perfect: have read Imperfect Subjunctive Perfect: had read
Forming Regular Past Participles You form past participles by changing: -ar –ado -er/-ir –ido
Irregular Past Participles EXCEPT: abrir- abierto (opened) decir- dicho (said) escribir- escrito (written) morir- muerto (died) poner- puesto (put) romper- roto (broken) ver- visto (seen) volver- vuelto (returned) freir- frito (fried) imprimir- impreso (printed) describir- discrito (described) satisfacer- satisfecho (satisfied) hacer- hecho (made, done) resolver- resuelto (resolved) cubrir- cubierto (covered)
Irregular Past Participles Accent marks caer- caído (fallen) leer- leído (read) traer- traído (brought) reír- reído (laughed) oír- oído (heard) creer- creído -uir verbs have no accent huir- huido (fled)