The perfect tenses

El presente perfecto

How do you form the present perfecto?

Irregular p.p.?

1. She has done her homework.

2. I have never visited Guam.

3. They have already left.

4. We haven´t woken up yet.

The perfect tenses are compound verb tenses, which means they are formed using two verbs. The first verb is the auxiliary, or helper verb, HABER. The second verb is any verb in its past participle form.

El presente perfecto, or the present perfect, expresses actions in the recent past. The definition of recent past varies by country but tends to be for things that have already happened today. It is used to express the idea that someone has already done something. An example in English is “have, has eaten”

To conjugate, use the present tense of HABER-to have, and the past participle of the second verb

HABER-to have

HABER + past particple

To form the past participle:

1.  Start with the infinitive

2.  Drop off last two letters

3.  Add –ado for –ar verbs and –ido for –er/-ir verbs

Hablar-hablado

Comer-comido

Vivir-vivido

Abrir-abierto

Cubrir-cubierto

Decir-dicho

Escribir-escrito

Hacer-hecho

Morir-muerto

Poner-puesto

Resolver-resuelto

Romper-roto

Ver-visto

Volver-vuelto

¿Has comido?

No, no he comido nada.

¿Han leido la novela Don Quijote?

Sí la hemos leido.

Like always any direct, indirect or reflexive pronoun will go before the conjugate verb HABER.

¿Me has dado la tarea?

Sí ya te la he dado.

Ella se ha bañado y se ha puesto la ropa.

1. Ella ha hecho su tarea.

2. Nunca he visitado Guam.

3. Ellos ya se han ido.

Ellos ya han salido

4. No nos hemos despertado todavía.

Todavía no nos hemos despertado.