hacer in past participle

Question

Is Hecho the same for all conjucations ( I made/did, You made/did, etc.) or does it change like it does in the regular form ( I make/do =Hago)?

Answer 1

This can be confusing for English speakers. We are used to seeeing the past participle and the past tense being the same word. In this example, "to make", the past participle and the past tense are the same word, "made". So in English, "I have made it" and "I made it" use the same word. This leads us to think that the equivalent expressions in Spanish might be "lo he hecho" and "lo hecho", which is, of course, incorrect.

Another example: "He talked all the time" is not "Él hablado todo el tiempo", but "Él hablaba todo el tiempo".

Answer 2

Hecho is the past participle of Hacer. The psst participle is used in compound verbs where the first verb is conjugated by person and tense while the past participle does not change.

The past participle can also be used as an adjective. In this case the "o" ending changes when to an "a" ending when it is modifying a feminine noun.

The past participle is not the same as the past tense: I made = Hice, you made = hiciste, he/she made = hizo, we made = hicimos, and they made = hicieron

Answer 3

Hola ~

"Hecho" is a past participle, and, thus, does not change in the conjugations. Instead, the helping verb "haber" changes.

Thus, "I have made" is "He hecho", while "He has made" is "Ha hecho".

This is different, from the situation where "Yesterday, I made .." (Ayer, hice....) and "Yesterday, he made...) (Ayer, hizo...) or the situation where it was a frequent action, such as "When I/he were little, I/he did/made..." in which cases the verb is 'hacía' in both situations, but conjugated to other forms for other subjects, such as 'you', 'we', 'they', etc.

You can see the conjugated forms of 'hacer' at http://www.spanishdict.com/conjugate/hacer, while those for the helping verg 'haber' are at http://www.spanishdict.com/conjugate/haber.

I hope that this helps!

John