Habiendo + partizip?
Could anyone give me some examples or better an explanation of that? I dont know how too use this form!
Habiendo estado = Having been...? Habiendo escrito = having written?
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This form (frase adverbial con gerundio y participio pasado) is used a lot in writing to substitute for después de, which when used too much becomes redundant and sounds basic.
Por ejemplo: Después de tomar cinco cervezas, salí de la cantina. The substitution becomes: Habiendo tomado cinco cervezas, salí de la cantina.
Habiendo estado (been) / corrido (run) comido (eaten) amado (loved) trabajado (worked)
The words that follow are in participle form