Transcript Perfect Tenses

Perfect Tenses
Perfect Tense
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Perfect Tenses are formed by combining
haber and a past participle.
haber + past participle
Perfect Tense
Haber conjugates in all tenses for perfect
tenses.
 This is different from the haber use of hay
and había to mean “There is/are” and
“There was/were”
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Perfect Tenses
Present
he
has
ha
hemos
habéis
han
Imperfect
había
habíamos
habías
habíais
había
habían
Preterite
hube
hubimos
hubiste
hubimos
hubo
hubieron
Future
habré
habremos
habrás
habréis
habrá
habrán
Perfect Tenses
Conditional
habría
habríamos
habrías
habríais
habría
habrían
Subjunctive
Present
Imperfect
haya
hayamos
hubiera hubiéramos
hayas
hayáis
hubieras hubierais
haya
hayan
hubiera
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
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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
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Accent marks
caer- caído (fallen)
leer- leído (read)
traer- traído (brought)
reír- reído (laughed)
oír- oído (heard)
creer- creído
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-uir verbs have no accent
huir- huido (fled)