Spanish Grammar Guide

Present Perfect (e.g.: he hablado)

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Questions

Questions about the Present Perfect

Q: Why is it he hablado and NOT he hablar?

R: The present perfect is formed with the present of haber, followed by a past participle (not the infinitive).

Q: Why is it he roto and NOT he rompido?

R: The verb romper has an irregular past participle (roto).

Q: Why is it  La mujer que he visto and NOT La mujer que he vista?

R: One does not make agreement with a subject when the auxiliary verb is haber.

Tags: verbs present perfect preterite imperfect past participle
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