What's the difference between the Preterito Perfecto and the Presente Perfecto?
I have an exam in 3 days and I don't know this! Help!
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JujuHK
| Present Perfect Indicative (el pretérito perfecto) | Past Perfect Indicative (el pluscuamperfecto) |
| ------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------- |
| The present perfect describes an action that happened in the past and
continues or repeats into the present or an action that happened in the recent past. The present perfect describes what a person "has done".
The present perfect is formed by combining the present indicative of the verb “haber” (conjugated to the subject of the sentence) and the past participle. | The past perfect expresses an action that happened in the past before another past action. The past perfect describes what a person "had done" before something else happened in the past.
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The past perfect is formed by |
A past participle (el participio) is a very useful form of a verb which can function as an adjective or as stated above, as a verb in conjunction with haber to form the perfect tenses.
Follow these links for a more detailed view of these topics with examples:
This link to ----> Present Perfect,
This link to ----> Past Perfect, and
This link to ----> Past Participle.
I hope this information is accurate and is some help to you over the next few days as you prepare for your exam.
Dude the preterite is the past and the present is the present.
