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 no hemos estudiado para el examen.
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 estudiado habis 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 hemos
has habis
ha han
estudiado estudiado
estudiado estudiado
estudiado estudiado
Now you try

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

he hablado hemos hablado
has hablado habis hablado
ha hablado han hablado
Is this what you came up with?
Lets try another
Now see if you can form the present perfect
forms of the verb tomar:
__ ________ ____ _______
___ ________ _____ ________
__ ________ ___ ________
Is this what you got?
he tomado hemos tomado
has tomado habis tomado
ha 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 hemos comido
has comido habis comido
ha 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 creer credo
leer ledo or odo
rer redo 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.