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Perfect Tenses

Perfect Tense n Perfect Tenses are formed by combining haber and a past participle. haber + past participle

Perfect Tense n Haber conjugates in all tenses for perfect tenses. n This is different from the haber use of hay and había to mean “There is/are” and “There was/were”

Perfect Tenses Present he has ha hemos habéis han Imperfect habíamos habíais habían Preterite hubimos hubiste hubimos hubo hubieron Future habré habremos habrás habréis habrán

Perfect Tenses Conditional habríamos habríais habrían Subjunctive Present Imperfect hayamos hubiera hubiéramos hayas hayáis hubierais hayan 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 n You form past participles by changing: -ar -er/-ir –ado –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 n Accent marks caer- caído (fallen) leer- leído (read) traer- traído (brought) reír- reído (laughed) oír- oído (heard) creer- creído n -uir verbs have no accent huir- huido (fled)