Friday, August 31, 2012

LESSON 21 pretérito perfecto

The pretérito perfecto expresse actions made in the past that persist in the present...well this is the formal explanation but for people who speaks english is better an more easy if we just compare this examples because is the same:

yo he comprado.....................I have bought
tu has venido..........................you have come
el/ella ha hecho.....................he/she has done
nosotros hemos saltado..........we have jumped
vosotros habeis sonrreido.......you have smailed
ellas/ellos han habalado..........they have spoken

As you can see is the same structure   yo, tu, el....+ verbo HABER (in each form market in black above)+ participle of verb which says what we have done (never said better)

well now I am sure that you want to know how we know the participle of each verb...well there is a kind of rul that just works with rregular verbs but is so good because you are going to make a big step in spanish knowledge:

the verbs that his infinitive ends with -ar just remove the r and add  -ado

the verbs that his infinitive ends with -er and -ir just remove the -er -ir and add -ido

Examples:

       infinitive                                                   participle

      cantar(to sing)............................................cantado
      comprar(to buy).........................................comprado
      saltar(to jump)...........................................saltado
      comer(to eat)..............................................comido
      correr(to run)...............................................corrido
      venir(to come...............................................venido

There is a short listening about this lesson here listening 3

La lección ha terminado..................the lesson has finished

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