Present Perfect Reglas n n Have already used

Present Perfect

Reglas n n Have already used impersonal forms of “haber”- hay, hubo, había, haya. Present indicative of haber is used to form present perfect tense. he hemos habéis ha han

Reglas n 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 n The past participle of regular –er and -ir verbs is formed by adding –ido to the stem of the infinitive. comer aprender leer salir pedir comido aprendido leído salido pedido

Reglas n n n 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 habéis cantado han cantado

correr he corrido hemos corrido habéis corrido han corrido

salir he salido hemos salido habéis salido han salido

Some verbs have irregular past participles. abrir n descubrir n escribir n decir n hacer n abierto n descubierto n escrito n dicho n hecho n

Some verbs have irregular past participles. § § § resolver volver morir poner romper ver § § § resuelto vuelto muerto puesto roto visto

Reglas n n n 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.