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El presente perfecto en español

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Repaso: la formación del participio pasado

Escribe el participio pasado de estos verbos:

Venir = venidoTraer = Hacer = Leer =

traídohecho

leído

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In Lección 5, you learned how to form past participles. You will now learn how to form the present perfect indicative (el presente perfecto de indicativo),a compound tense that uses the past participle.

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The present perfect is used to talk about what someone . In Spanish, it is formed with the present tense of the auxiliary verb haber and a past

has done

participle

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The past participle does not change in form (gender/number) when it is part of the present perfect tense; it only changes in when it is used as an . form adjective

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In Spanish, the present perfect indicative generally is used just as in English: to talk about what someone or what has occurred. It usually refers to the

has done

recent past

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In English, the auxiliary verb and the past participle are often separated. In Spanish, however, these two elements—haber and the past participle— by any word.

cannot be separated

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The word no and any object or reflexive pronouns are placed immediately haber.

before

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Note that to have can be either a main verb or an auxiliary verb in English. As a main verb, it corresponds to , while as an auxiliary, it corresponds to .

tenerhaber

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The verb hay (indicativo) or haya (subjuntivo)means

To form the present perfect of hay, meaning “there has/have been” use the third-person singular of haber: + .

there is, there are

ha habido

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Indica el pretérito perfecto de indicativo de estos verbos.

1. (disfrutar, comer, vivir) yo ___________________________________2. (traer, adelgazar, compartir) tú ______________________________3. (venir, estar, correr) usted ______________________________4. (leer, resolver, poner) ella ______________________________5. (decir, romper, hacer) ellos ______________________________6. (mantenerse, dormirse) nosotros ______________________________7. (estar, escribir, ver) yo ______________________________8. (vivir, correr, morir) él ______________________________

he disfrutado, he comido, he vividohas traído, has adelgazado, has compartidoha venido, ha estado, ha corrido

ha leído, ha resuelto, ha puestohan dicho, han roto, han hecho

Nos hemos mantenido, nos hemos dormidohe estado, he escrito, he visto

ha vivido, ha corrido, ha muerto