El presente

perfecto
Espaol III
Captulo 5
14.03.2006

Qu es el presente
perfecto?
The present perfect is
formed by combining a
helping verb (have or
has) with the past
participle

Por ejemplo

For example:
I have played tennis.
She has sung at weddings.
We have flown in a plane.

Para formar in ingls

To form the present participle we

combine the helping verb have/has
with a past participle
For example, I have been a
lifeguard.
I is the subject
have is the helping verb
been is the past participle

Para formar en espaol

In Spanish we form the present participle

by combining the present tense of the
verb haber (the helping verb, or el verbo
auxiliar) with a past participle

For example:
Yo he bailado.
I have danced.
Nosotros

examen.

no hemos estudiado para el

We havent studied for the test.

The present tense of

haber

he

hemos

has

habis

ha

han

Remember
How to form the past participle:
For ar verbs, take the stem of the
verb and add ado
Example: comprar comprado
For er and ir verbs, take the stem
of the verb and add ido
Example: tener tenido

Para formar
Here are the present perfect
forms of estudiar:
he estudiado hemos
estudiado
has
habis
estudiado
estudiado
ha estudiado han
estudiado

Para formar
As you can see I have combined
the present forms of haber (the
helping verbs)
he

hemos

has

habis

ha

han

with the past participle of

estudiar
he estudiado hemos
estudiado
has
habis
estudiado
estudiado
ha
han
estudiado
estudiado

Now you try

On a sheet of paper, see if you
can figure out the present
perfect forms for the verb
hablar:
he ________
hemos
has ________
ha ________

_______
habis
________
han ________

Is this what you came up with?

he hablado
has hablado
ha hablado

hemos
hablado
habis
hablado
han hablado

Lets try another

Now see if you can form the present
perfect forms of the verb tomar:
__ ________

____ _______

___ ________

_____ ________

__ ________

___ ________

Is this what you got?

he tomado
has tomado
ha tomado

hemos
tomado
habis
tomado
han tomado

Now lets try an er verb

See if you can come up with the
present perfect forms for comer:
__ ______

_____ ______

___ ______

______ ______

__ ______

___ ______

Is this what you came up with?

he comido
has comido
ha comido

hemos
comido
habis
comido
han comido

Lets try another onesee if you can

come up with the present perfect
tense of ir:
__ ___
_____ ___
___ ___

______ ___

__ ___

___ ______

Is this what you came up with?

he ido

hemos ido

has ido

habis ido

ha ido

han ido

Many of you may have assumed that

ir had an irregular past participle.
Afterall, it does have an irregular
present participle. But ir is actually
regular in this tense. Here are some
verbs that are irregular in the past
participle:

Not exactly irregular

but
-er and ir verbs whose stems end in
a vowel have past participles ending
in do
caer cado
leer ledo
rer redo

creer credo
or odo
traer trado

Irregulars
The following verbs have irregular past
participles ending in to:
abrir abierto cubrir cubierto
descubrir descubierto
escribir
escrito
morir muerto
poner puesto
romper roto ver visto
volver vuelto

More irregulars
These verbs have irregular past
participles ending in cho:
decir dicho
hacer hecho

Practicamos!
See if you can form the correct present
perfect using the subject and verb given.
Modelo: yo / decidir He decidido

1. ella / abrir
Ha abierto
2. Marta y yo / tocar
Hemos tocado
3. Gonzalo / crecer
Ha crecido

4. T y tus amigos / rer

Han redo habis redo
5. Mis padres / hacer
Han hecho
6. Tus abuelos / cubrir
Han cubierto
7. Rogelio y Ramn / escribir
Han escrito

Y para ms prctica
Now go to our class website,
http
://www.umich.edu/~brittas/sp3.htm,
and do the exercises listed.