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The Present Perfect

In English we form the present perfect tense by combining have or has with the past participle of a verb: he has seen, have you tried?, they haven’t eaten.

The Present Perfect

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 most -er/-ir verbs.

The Present Perfect

To form the present perfect tense, we combine this past participle with the present tense of the verb haber.

The Present Perfect

We generally use the Spanish present perfect in the same way we use its English equivalent.

The Present Perfect

I have rented

You have rented

He, She It

has rented

We have rented

They have rented

The Present Perfect

he alquilado

has alquilado

ha alquilado

hemos alquilado

habéis alquilado

han alquilado

The Present Perfect

I have chosen

You have chosen

He, She It

has chosen

We have chosen

They have chosen

The Present Perfect

he escogido

has escogido

ha escogido

hemos escogido

habéis escogido

han escogido

The Present Perfect

I have decided

You have decided

He, She It

has decided

We have decided

They have decided

The Present Perfect

he decidido

has decidido

ha decidido

hemos decidido

habéis decidido

han decidido

The Present Perfect

No he reparado la bicicleta todavía.

I haven’t repaired the bicycle yet.

The Present Perfect

¿Qué trabajos has tenido?

What jobs have you had?

The Present Perfect

Notice that when the past participle is used with forms of haber, the final -o never changes.

The Present Perfect

Ricardo ha grabado su película favorita.

Sus hermanos han grabado una telenovela.

The Present Perfect

Certain verbs that have a double vowel in the infinitive form (except those with the double vowel ui ) require an accent mark on the i in the past participle.

The Present PerfectCaerLeerOírCreerTraerReír

caídoleído

OídoCreídoTraído

reído

The Present Perfect

Notice that we place no and other negative words, object pronouns, and reflexive pronouns directly in front of the form of the verb haber.

The Present Perfect

Has alquilado esa película alguna vez?

No, no la he alquilado nunca.

The Present Perfect

Some verbs have irregular past participles.

Memorize this acronym:

REVV MAC PHDD

R roto

E escrito

V visto

V vuelto

M muerto

A abierto

C cubierto

P puesto

H hecho

D dicho

D devuelto

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MorirAbrirCubrir

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