Haber - Preterite and imperfect meaning??
I know that haber is an auxiliary verb, which means it chnages its meaning when in either imperfect or preterite. correct? But I don't know what it means in those two conjugations. If someone could tell me or direct me to somewhere that explains it would be greatly appreciated. Also which tense would I use for a sentence like this: El martes pasado por la tarde _____ un accidente en esta esquina. Thanks for your help. =]
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Haber is an auxilliary verb, which means it is used in conjunction with other verbs, in a manner similar to how have is used in English to form other tenses, for example I had walked, I have walked, I will have walked. It can also be used as an impersonal verb, eg. hay = there is/there are. As an auxilliary verb, haber is rarely used in the preterite.
In your example sentence, you would not use haber, but rather tener in the preterite tense since you are describing a completed event that happened at a specific time in the past.
