What do he, ha, hemos and han mean?
I'm studying the Berlitz course lesson for conjugation of visitar. It is listed as yo he visitado el ha visitado nosotros hemos visitado ellos han visitado
I can't fine he, ha, hemos, or han in any dictionary. What is the definition for each of these words?
3 Answers
Welcome to the forum. Those are conjugated forms of the verb haber. It is often used with the past participle of another verb to form the present perfect tense.
haber visitado = to have visited
he visitado = I have visited
and so on.
Here's a link to a reference article on this verb tense.
They are used in the present perfect tense in the indicative mood. In English we can think of them of "I have eaten". That "have" would become "he" and eaten would be "comido". He + comido = I have eaten.
Click here to see the present perfect of comer.
They are from the auxiliary verb "haber", which you can see here
He + past participle = I have [verb]
Has + past participle = You familiar have [verb]
Ha + past participle = He/she/you familiar/it have [verb]
Hemos + past participle = We have [verb]
Habéis + past participle = You pl. Spain have [verb]
Han + past participle = They/you all have [verb]
As people before correctly answered, they are used for present perfect. In spanish we use different auxiliary depending on the person, not like english wihich uses only one for all, so next is the example of use for "visitar" in present perfect:
English = Spanish I have visited = Yo he visitado You have visited = El ha visitado We have visited = Nosotros hemos visitado You have visited = Ustedes han visitado
