What is a present perfect verb?
What is a present perfect verb?
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The term "perfect" means that the action has been "completed". When you make it "present perfect", you mean that it has been completed, when viewed from the perspective of "now" (the present)."I have studied" (viewed from the present) this is something that has already happened (is in the past). Past perfect (aka "pluperfect"), "I had studied Spanish before going to Salamanca.". Refers to an action completed in the past and prior to some other action/situation in the past. Thus, though both actions occurred in the past, your having studied Spanish preceded (was more in the past) than your being in Salamanca.
In Spanish, the present perfect tense is formed by using the present tense of the auxiliary verb "haber" with the past participle. For example,
I have studied (he estudiado)
You have eaten (has comido)
He has slept (ha dormido)
What is the present perfect form of the verb predecir?
gracias, whats the conjugation box for the verb haber?
