Word order for present perfect.

Question

What is the rule for the word order for present perfect? Does the 'Ha -ido -ado" come before the object or after?

For example:

Is it, "Ha dormido Sandy?" or "Sandy habia dormido"

Or "Ya ha leido Betty?" or "Betty ya ha leido"

I guess it depends if it's a question or not?

Thanks in advance, I'll keep googling it.

Why do you put, 'Ya'? Why not simply 'Betty ha leido' - johndoe04, Jan 3, 2011

Answer 1

Sandy ha dormido would mean = Sandy has slept

but ¿Ha dormido Sandy? would be the question form = Has Sandy slept?

So you can see the word order depends upon whether you are making statement or asking a question which is the same for many langauges including English and particularly European ones such as French and Spanish

I am not sure of the rule as such or that there even exists a rule in grammer to expain the way that verbs operate. I will leave this to a native speaker like Lazarus or one more knowledgeable in such matters

I hope this helps-)

Answer 2

Había is the preterite perfect tense, while you are asking about the present perfect. I think that the question regarding Sandy is '¿Sandy ha dormido?'