Present Perfect
Reglas Have already used impersonal forms of “haber”- hay, hubo, había, haya. Present indicative of haber is used to form present perfect tense. he hemos has habéis ha han
Reglas The past participle of regular –ar verbs is formed by adding –ado to the stem of the infinitive. hablar hablado contar contado pensar pensado caminar caminado
Reglas The past participle of regular –er and -ir verbs is formed by adding –ido to the stem of the infinitive. comer comido aprender aprendido leer leído salir salido pedir pedido
Reglas The present perfect tense is formed by combining the present indicative of the verb haber with the past participle of the main verb and is used to talk about past actions with current relevance. No han hablado mucho. They haven’t talked much. Nos hemos divertido. We’ve had a good time.
cantar he cantado hemos cantado has cantado habéis cantado ha cantado han cantado
correr he corrido hemos corrido has corrido habéis corrido ha corrido han corrido
salir he salido hemos salido has salido habéis salido ha salido han salido
Some verbs have irregular past participles. abrir descubrir escribir decir hacer abierto descubierto escrito dicho hecho
Some verbs have irregular past participles. resolver volver morir poner romper ver resuelto vuelto muerto puesto roto visto
Reglas Object pronouns and reflexive pronouns precede the conjugated form of haber when the present perfect tense is used. Les he escrito varias veces. I’ve written them several times. Ya se han acostado. They’ve already gone to bed.