Irregular Present Perfect

Spanish: Cambridge International GCSE, topic 10.4.5

Irregular Pluperfect

To form the present perfect tense using irregular past participles, you use the present tense of ‘haber’ plus the irregular past participle of a verb. It means 'to have done’ something. For the past participle refer to 10.4.1.

He visto - I have seen

He visto - I have seen

Has abierto - you have opened

Has abierto - you have opened

Ha muerto - he/she has died / you have died (formal)

Ha muerto - he/she has died / you have died (formal)

Hemos hecho - we have done

Hemos hecho - we have done

Habéis descubierto - you have discovered (plural)

Habéis descubierto - you have discovered (plural)

Han supuesto - they have assumed / you have assumed (formal plural)

Han supuesto - they have assumed / you have assumed (formal plural)

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