To form the present perfect tense, combine the present tense of the verb haber with a past participle. You generally use the Spanish present perfect in.

Presentación del tema: "To form the present perfect tense, combine the present tense of the verb haber with a past participle. You generally use the Spanish present perfect in."— Transcripción de la presentación:

1 To form the present perfect tense, combine the present tense of the verb haber with a past participle. You generally use the Spanish present perfect in the same way you use its English equivalent. No he reparado la bicicleta todavía. I haven’t repaired the bicycle yet. ¿Qué trabajos has tenido? What jobs have you had? El presente perfecto

2 Here are the present perfect forms of hablar. El presente perfecto

3 Recall that 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 -er and -ir verbs. hablar  hablado comer  comido vivir  vivido El presente perfecto

4 Verbs that have two vowels in the infinitive form (except for ui) require an accent mark on the í in the past participle. caer  caído oír  oído traer  traído reír  reído leer  leído creer  creído El presente perfecto

5 Many Spanish verbs have irregular past participles. You have already learned some of these. abrir  abierto resolver  resuelto decir  dicho romper  roto escribir  escrito ser  sido morir  muerto ver  visto poner  puesto El presente perfecto

6 Place negative words, object pronouns, and reflexive pronouns before the form of haber. No he repartido las flores todavía. Mi profesora me ha escrito una carta de recomendación. El dueño se ha ido temprano a la oficina. El presente perfecto

7 You use the pluperfect tense to describe an action in the past that occurred before another action in the past. To form the pluperfect tense, combine the imperfect tense of the verb haber with a past participle. You generally use the Spanish pluperfect in the same way you use its English equivalent. El pluscuamperfecto

8 Cuando llegué a la oficina, el gerente ya había leído mis cartas de recomendación. When I arrived in the office, the manager had already read my letters of recommendation. El pluscuamperfecto

9 Después de la entrevista, yo estaba muy nerviosa porque la dueña de la compañía me había pedido referencias. After the interview, I was feeling nervous because the owner of the company had asked me for references. El pluscuamperfecto

10 Here are the pluperfect forms of hablar: El pluscuamperfecto