Intro2Spanish.com: Spanish Verb Conjugation: Indicative: Present Perfect Tense

Perfect tenses use a form of "to have" along with the past participle of the verb or action stated. The participle form in English is the "---ed" form of a verb.

An English Verb Conjugated in the Present Perfect Tense
I have cooked	we have cooked
you have cooked	y'all have cooked
he, she, it has cooked	they have cooked

Note that the only change in these tenses is what you do with the verb to have. The same thing will be true in Spanish.

In Spanish, you use the verb haber (to be) along with the -ado or -ido form of a verb.

AR verbs:	-*ado*
ER & IR verbs:	-ido

For - AR verbs:

For putting an -ar verb into the present perfect, study the following chart where haber is conjugated in the present. You can substitute any -ar verb stem into the ---- (dashes) and attach the -ado ending to achieve the results in the right column.

present tense forms ofHABER+past participleof the verb----- AR
	yo	he	----- ado	I have ----- ed
	tú	has	----- ado	you have ----- ed
	él	ha	----- ado	he has ----- ed
	ella	ha	----- ado	she has ----- ed
	Usted	ha	----- ado	you have ----- ed
	nosotros	hemos	----- ado	we have ----- ed
	nosotras	hemos	----- ado	we(ladies)have ----- ed
	vosotros	habéis	----- ado	y'all have ----- ed
	vosotras	habéis	----- ado	y'all (ladies) have ----- ed
	ellos	han	----- ado	they have ----- ed
	ellas	han	----- ado	they(ladies)have ----- ed
	ustedes	han	----- ado	y'all have ----- ed
This is what someone "has done" ...
Take very special care to note that many English verbs have irregular past participles. You can tell which verbs these are because of their ability to be combined with the verb "to have" to form the perfect tenses.

For - ER verbs:

For putting ER verbs into the present perfect, study the following chart where haber is conjugated in the present. You can substitute any -er verb stem into the ---- (dashes) and attach the -ido ending to achieve the results in the right column.

present tense forms ofHABER+past participleof the verb----- ER
	yo	he	----- ido	I have ----- ed
	tú	has	----- ido	you have ----- ed
	él	ha	----- ido	he has ----- ed
	ella	ha	----- ido	she has ----- ed
	Usted	ha	----- ido	you have ----- ed
	nosotros	hemos	----- ido	we have ----- ed
	nosotras	hemos	----- ido	we(ladies)have ----- ed
	vosotros	habéis	----- ido	y'all have ----- ed
	vosotras	habéis	----- ido	y'all (ladies) have ----- ed
	ellos	han	----- ido	they have ----- ed
	ellas	han	----- ido	they(ladies)have ----- ed
	ustedes	han	----- ido	y'all have ----- ed
This is what someone "has done" ...
Take very special care to note that many English verbs have irregular past participles. You can tell which verbs these are because of their ability to be combined with the verb "to have" to form the perfect tenses.

For - IR verbs:

For putting IR verbs into the present perfect, study the following chart where haber is conjugated in the present. You can substitute any -ir verb stem into the ---- (dashes) and attach the -ido ending to achieve the results in the right column.

present tense forms ofHABER+past participleof the verb----- IR
	yo	he	----- ido	I have ----- ed
	tú	has	----- ido	you have ----- ed
	él	ha	----- ido	he has ----- ed
	ella	ha	----- ido	she has ----- ed
	Usted	ha	----- ido	you have ----- ed
	nosotros	hemos	----- ido	we have ----- ed
	nosotras	hemos	----- ido	we(ladies)have ----- ed
	vosotros	habéis	----- ido	y'all have ----- ed
	vosotras	habéis	----- ido	y'all (ladies) have ----- ed
	ellos	han	----- ido	they have ----- ed
	ellas	han	----- ido	they(ladies)have ----- ed
	ustedes	han	----- ido	y'all have ----- ed
This is what someone "has done" ...
Take very special care to note that many English verbs have irregular past participles. You can tell which verbs these are because of their ability to be combined with the verb "to have" to form the perfect tenses.