The Present Perfect
The Present Perfect
♦ In English the present perfect
tense combines have or has
with the past participle of a
verb:
We have called our mother.
Have you tried the soup?
The Present Perfect
♦ In Spanish, the present
perfect tense is made up
of 2 parts:
1 – the helping verb haber
2 – the past participle of a verb
The Present Perfect
♦ the present tense of haber
he
has
ha
hemos
habéis
han
*do not confuse haber & tener (to possess)*
The Present Perfect
♦ to form a past participle of a
verb in Spanish:
replace the -ar ending with
-ado
replace the -er/ir ending with
-ido
The Present Perfect
El cocodrilo ha comido el pingüino.
The Present Perfect
Rules to Remember:
♦ there are no stem-changing
participles
♦ -er/-ir infinitives that have a
stem ending in a vowel need
an accent mark over the i
The Present Perfect
Rules to Remember:
♦verbs that are typically
irregular do not have irregular
past participles
ir =ido
ser = sido
estar =estado saber =sabido
The Present Perfect
Rules to Remember:
♦place no before the verb to
negate the present perfect
♦place the subject AFTER the
participle to form a question
¿Han copiado Uds. los apuntes?
The Present Perfect
• abrir
• decir
• hacer
• poner
• escribir
• romper
abierto
dicho
hecho
puesto
escrito
roto
The Present Perfect
• ver
• volver
• cubrir
• morir
• resolver
visto
vuelto
cubierto
muerto
resuelto
The Past Perfect
♦ The past perfect tense is
used to express something
had happened.
She had written to her boyfriend.
The author had written a new book.
The Past Perfect
♦ It is formed like the present
perfect but uses the
IMPERFECT form of the verb
haber.
♦ All other rules related to
present perfect still apply.
The Past Perfect
♦ In Spanish, the past perfect
tense is made up of 2 parts:
1 – the helping verb haber
2 – the past participle of a verb
The Past Perfect
♦ the imperfect tense of haber
había habíamos
habías habíais
habían
había