The Present Perfect:

What I have done

What does it mean? How

do we use it? How do we
form it?
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
havent eaten.
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.
The Present Perfect
To form the present-perfect
tense, we combine this past
participle with the present
tense of the verb haber.
The Present Perfect
We generally use the
Spanish present perfect in
the same way we use its
English equivalent.
The Present Perfect
I have spoken We have spoken

You have spoken You all have

spoken
He, She It
has spoken They have spoken
The Present Perfect
he hablado hemos hablado

has hablado habis hablado

ha hablado han hablado

The Present Perfect
I have eaten We have eaten

You have eaten You all have eaten

He, She It They have eaten

has eaten
The Present Perfect
he comido hemos comido

has comido habis comido

ha comido han comido

The Present Perfect
I have decided We have decided

You have decided You all have

decided
He, She It
has decided They have decided
The Present Perfect
he decidido hemos decidido

has decidido habis decidido

ha decidido han decidido

The Present Perfect
No he hablado con Sra.
Sliney hoy.
I havent spoken with Ms.
Sliney today.
The Present Perfect
Qu tipo de queso han
comido?
What type of cheese have
they eaten?
The Present Perfect
Notice that when the past
participle is used with forms
of haber, the final -o never
changes.
The Present Perfect
Ricardo ha grabado su
pelcula favorita.
Sus hermanos han grabado
una telenovela.
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.
The Present Perfect
Caer cado
Leer ledo
Or odo
Creer credo
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.
The Present Perfect
Has alquilado esa pelcula
alguna vez?
No, no la he alquilado nunca.
The Present Perfect
Some verbs have irregular
past participles.
Memorize this acronym:
REVV MAC PHDD
R roto Romper
E escrito Escribir
V visto Ver
V vuelto Volver

M muerto Morir
A abierto Abrir
C cubierto Cubrir

P puesto Poner
H hecho Hacer
D dicho Decir
D devuelto Devolver