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The Present Perfect

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The Present Perfect

In English we form thepresent perfect tense bycombining have or haswith the past participle of

a verb: he has seen,have you tried?, they

havent eaten.

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The Present Perfect

To form the past

participle of a verb inSpanish, you add

-ado to the stem of-arverbs and -ido to thestem of most -er/-ir

verbs.

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To form the present

perfect tense, wecombine this pastparticiple with thepresent tense of the verbhaber.

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The Present Perfect

We generally use the

Spanish present perfectin the same way we useits English equivalent.

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The Present Perfect

I have rented

You have rented

He, She Ithas rented

We have rented

They haverented

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The Present Perfect

he alquilado

has alquilado

ha alquilado

hemosalquilado

habis

alquilado

han alquilado

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I have chosen

You have chosen

He, She Ithas chosen

We have chosen

They havechosen

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he escogido

has escogido

ha escogido

hemosescogido

habis

escogido

han escogido

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The Present Perfect

I have decided

You havedecided

He, She It

has decided

We havedecided

They havedecided

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he decidido

has decidido

ha decidido

hemosdecidido

habis

decidido

han decidido

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No he reparado la

bicicleta todava.I havent repaired the

bicycle yet.

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Qu trabajos has

tenido?What jobs have you had?

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Notice that when the

past participle is usedwith forms ofhaber, thefinal -o never changes.

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Ricardo ha grabado su

pelcula favorita.Sus hermanos han

grabado una telenovela.

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The Present Perfect

Certain verbs that have adouble vowel in the

infinitive form (exceptthose with the double

vowel ui ) require anaccent mark on the i in

the past participle.

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The Present Perfect

Caer

Leer

Or

Creer

TraerRer

cado

ledo

odo

credo

tradoredo

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The Present Perfect

Notice that we place no

and other negativewords, object pronouns,and reflexive pronounsdirectly in front of theform of the verb haber.

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The Present Perfect

Has alquilado esa

pelcula 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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R roto

E escrito

V visto

V vuelto

M muerto

A abierto

C cubierto

P puestoH hecho

D dicho

D devuelto

Romper

Escribir

Ver

Volver

Morir

Abrir

Cubrir

PonerHacer

Decir

Devolver