1. The Present Perfect: What I have done
What does it mean? How do we use it? How do we form it?
Notes #7

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. The Present Perfect
To form the present-perfect tense, we combine this past participle with the present tense of the verb haber.

5. The Present Perfect
We generally use the Spanish present perfect in the same way we use its English equivalent.

6. The Present Perfect I have spoken You have spoken He, She It
has spoken
We have spoken
You all have spoken
They have spoken

7. The Present Perfect he hablado has hablado ha hablado hemos hablado
habéis hablado
han hablado

8. The Present Perfect I have eaten You have eaten He, She It has eaten
We have eaten
You all have eaten
They have eaten

9. The Present Perfect he comido has comido ha comido hemos comido
habéis comido
han comido

10. The Present Perfect I have decided You have decided He, She It
has decided
We have decided
You all have decided
They have decided

11. The Present Perfect he decidido has decidido ha decidido
hemos decidido
habéis decidido
han decidido

12. The Present Perfect Nosotros Hemos/we have Yo he / I have x
Ellos ,ellas han /they have
Yo he / I have
Tú has / you have
El, ella, ha /he, she, it has
You formal has

13. The Present Perfect No he hablado con Sra. Sliney hoy.
I haven’t spoken with Ms. Sliney today.

14. The Present Perfect Qué tipo de queso han comido?
What type of cheese have they eaten?

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

16. The Present Perfect Ricardo ha grabado su película favorita.
Sus hermanos han grabado una telenovela.

17. 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.

18. The Present Perfect
caído
Caer
Leer
Oír
Creer
leído
oído
creído

19. 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.

20. The Present Perfect Has alquilado esa película alguna vez?
No, no la he alquilado nunca.

21. The Present Perfect Some verbs have irregular past participles.
Memorize this acronym:
REVV MAC PHDD

22. R roto
E escrito
V visto
V vuelto
M muerto
A abierto
C cubierto
P puesto
H hecho
D dicho
D devuelto
Romper
Escribir
Ver
Volver
Morir
Abrir
Cubrir
Poner
Hacer
Decir
Devolver