Questions and Answers
What is the correct way to form the 'I have just' tense in Spanish?
Where do you place the reflexive pronoun in a sentence using 'acabar de'?
What is the correct form of the Past Participle for the verb 'hacer'?
How do you form the Past Participle of '-ar' verbs?
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What is the correct form of the Future Perfect tense for the verb 'ver'?
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What is the correct way to form the perfect tense negative of a verb?
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What happens to the two parts of the perfect tense when forming the negative?
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What is the correct translation of 'Habría ido a la fiesta si no estuviera tan cansado'?
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What is the correct way to form the sentence 'I had already opened the window when my mother asked me to do it' in Spanish?
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Study Notes
Los Tiempos Perfectos (The Perfect Tenses)
- 'I have just' tense is formed using Acabar + de + Infinitive, e.g., Acabo de hablar (I have just spoken)
- The 'I have just' tense is used to describe an action that has been completed in the immediate past
Los Tiempos Perfectos Formations
- Pretérito Perfecto (Present Perfect): Haber + Past Participle, e.g., Yo he hablado (I have spoken)
- Futuro Perfecto (Future Perfect): Haber + Past Participle, e.g., Yo habré hablado (I will have spoken)
- Condicional Perfecto (Conditional Perfect): Haber + Past Participle, e.g., Yo habría hablado (I would have spoken)
- Pluscuamperfecto (Past Perfect): Haber + Past Participle, e.g., Yo había hablado (I had spoken)
Irregular Verbs
- Decir: dicho
- Hacer: hecho
- Poner: puesto
- Ver: visto
- Abrir: abierto
- Volver: vuelto
- Romper: roto
- Escribir: escrito
- Descubrir: descubierto
- Cubrir: cubierto
- Freír: frito
- Morir: muerto
- Resolver: resuelto
Examples
- Le he escrito (I have written to him)
- Hemos hecho muchos pasteles (we have made many cakes)
- Habré terminado todos mis exámenes (I will have finished all of my exams)
- Habría ido a la fiesta si no estuviera tan cansado (I would have gone to the party if I wasn't so tired)
- Lo habrías comprado si tuvieras el dinero (you would have bought it if you had the money)
- Ya había comido cuando llegué a la fiesta (I had already eaten when I arrived at the party)
- Ya había abierto la ventana cuando mi madre me pidió que lo hiciera (I had already opened the window when my mother asked me to do it)
Negatives and Reflexives
- To make the perfect tense negative, add "no" in front of the "haber" part, e.g., No he comprado nada (I haven't bought anything)
- For reflexive verbs, add the reflexive pronoun in front of the "haber" part, e.g., Se ha despertado (He has woken up)
- To make reflexive verbs in the perfect tense negative, add "no" in front of the reflexive pronoun, e.g., No se ha despertado (He has not woken up)
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Summary of Chapter 17 covering the use of 'I have just' tense, Acabar + de + Infinitive, and reflexive verbs in Spanish grammar.