These are the rules of how to conjugate the Spanish Present Perfect \u2013 Pret\u00e9rito Perfecto for regular verbs (there are some irregular verbs also but the majority of verbs follow these rules):<\/p>\n
You use the Spanish verb Haber (to have) in the present tense with a past participle. Spanish past participles finish in -ado or -ido. Verbs with \u2013ar endings finish in \u2013ado and verbs with \u2013ir\/-er endings finish in \u2013ido.<\/p>\n
How to conjugate the Spanish Present Perfect – Pret\u00e9rito Perfecto:<\/h3>\n
Yo \u2013 He – ado\/ido
\nT\u00fa \u2013 Has – ado\/ido
\n\u00c9l\/Ella \u2013 Ha – ado\/ido
\nNosotros \u2013 Hemos – ado\/ido
\nVosotros \u2013 Hab\u00e9is – ado\/ido
\nEllos\/Ellas \u2013 Han ado\/ido<\/p>\n
So far we have learned how to use the Spanish Present Simple tense<\/a> and the Spanish Future tense<\/a>. Now we can start discussing things that have happened in the past!<\/p>\n He comido chocolate con churros para desayunar esta ma\u00f1ana: I have eaten chocolate with churros for breakfast this morning<\/p>\n \u00bfHe cantado afinado?: Have I sung in tune? We hope you enjoyed this lesson and feel confident now using the very useful Spanish Present Perfect – Pret\u00e9rito Perfecto.<\/p>\n As always, the best plan of action is to practice with any new grammar tense as much as you can by writing your own practice sentences or by using it in conversation. Try writing sentences describing what you have done today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In this topic we are going to learn how to use the Spanish Present Perfect \u2013 Pret\u00e9rito Perfecto. This is a very useful tense with which we can describe actions in the past and it is not that difficult to remember and use. The Spanish Present Perfect – Pret\u00e9rito Perfecto is used to talk about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":53018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[1505,1516,1648,1652],"class_list":["post-52999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spanish-lessons","tag-intermediate-spanish-lessons","tag-learn-spanish","tag-spanish-language","tag-spanish-language-learning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52999"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53023,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52999\/revisions\/53023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Example sentences:<\/h3>\n
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\nNo he entendido nada en el texto: I haven\u2019t understood anything in the text
\n\u00a1Has robado la billetera! You have stolen the wallet!
\n\u00bfHas cortado la madera?: Have you cut the wood?
\n\u00bfA\u00fan no has terminado?: Haven\u2019t you finished yet?
\nHoy ella ha bailado el chachach\u00e1, la samba y la rumba: Today she has danced the chacha, the samba, and the rumba.
\n\u00bf\u00c9l ha estudiado para el examen? Has he studied for the exam?
\nElla no ha llegado todav\u00eda: She hasn\u2019t arrived yet
\nHemos visitado el museo, la galer\u00eda y el casco antiguo: We have visited the museum, the gallery, and the old town
\n\u00bfHemos venido al lugar indicado?: Have we come to the right place?
\nNosotras no hemos estado aqu\u00ed antes: We haven\u2019t been here before
\n\u00a1Hab\u00e9is dormido doce horas!: You have slept for twelve hours!
\n\u00bfHab\u00e9is ido a trabajar?: Have you gone to work?
\n\u00a1No hab\u00e9is dejado de hablar desde que habeis llegado!: You haven\u2019t stopped talking since you arrived!
\nEllos han sido muy mal educados: They have been very rude
\n\u00bfHan cogido el autob\u00fas o el tren?: Have they taken the bus or the train?
\nTodav\u00eda no han pagado sus bebidas: They haven\u2019t paid for their drinks yet<\/p>\n