"Haber + understood" Compound tenses

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Bienvenido al foro abierto en SpanishDict.com. Hoy, mis compañeros de clase, vamos a aprender unos tiempos nuevos…y usarlos en frases.

Estos nuevos tiempos expresan acciones que tuvieron lugar en un tiempo indeterminado en el pasado

Ya sabemos que "Haber" es un verbo auxiliar, una como tal nunca puede estar solo.

Welcome to the open forum at SpanishDict.com. Today, my classmates, we are going to learn some new tenses…and use them in sentences.

These new tenses express actions that took place at an undetermined time in the past.

We already know that 'Haber' is an auxiliary verb, an as such can never stand alone.

Compund or perfect tenses are composed of two parts:

the auxiliary (haber-to have) + (a past participle )

They are called “perfect” because the action is completed.

The function of the auxiliary verb “haber” is to tell “when”.

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1. Present Perfect Tense = have/has + Past Participle

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(haber) + (Past Participle of Entender ) = (….have/has understood)

he + Past Participle = (I have……)

has + PP = (you [tú] have …)

ha + PP = (he, she, it – has ….)…

(you (Ud.) have….)

hemos + PP = (we have….)

haéis + PP = (you [vos] have ….)

han + PP = (they, you [Uds.] have ….)

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1. Past Perfect Tense = had + Past Participle

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(haber) + (Past Participle of Entender ) = (….had understood)

había + Past Participle = (I had….)

habías + PP = (you [tú] )had….)

había + PP = (he, she, it had ….)

(you (Ud.) had….)

habíamos + PP = (we had….)

habíais + PP = (you [vos]) had….)

habían + PP = (they, you [Uds.] had….)

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3 A. Future Perfect Tense = will/shall + Past Participle

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(Haber) + (Past Participle of Entender) = (…..will/shall have – (understood )

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3.B {Future Perfect Tense can also be used to express conjecture }

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As conjecture it means = (has probability /must have} + (Past Participle of Entender - understood )

(…..has probably/must have - ( understood )

habré + Past Participle =(I will/shall have….) or (I probably/must have….)

habrás + PP = (you [tú] )will/shall have…..) or (you probably/must have…..)

habrá + PP = (he, she, it will/shall have….) or (he,she,it probably has/must have…)

(you (Ud.) will/shall have ….) or (you (Ud..) probably/must have….)

habremos + PP = (we will/shall have….) or (we probably/must have….)

habréis + PP = (you [vos])will/shall have…) or (you probably/must have….)

habrán + PP = (they, you [Uds.] will/shall have…) or (probably/must have….)

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4 A. Conditional Perfect Tense = (would have) + (past participle)

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(Haber) + (Past Participle of Entender ) = (…..would have – understood )

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4 B. {Conditional Perfect Tense can also be used to express conjecture}

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As conjecture it means = (had probably) + (Past Participle of Entender) =

(…..had probably – understood )

Habría + Past Participle = (I would have….) or ( I had probably….)

Habrías + PP = (you [tú]would have….) or (you[tu] had probably…..)

Habría + PP = (he, she, it would have….) or (he,she,it had probably…..)

(you (Ud.) would have …..) or (you (Ud.) had probably…..)

habríamos + PP = (we would have…..) or ( we had probably…..)

habríais + PP = (you [vos])would have…) or (you (tu) had probably….)

habrían + PP = (they, you [Uds.] would have…) or (they,you,(Uds.) had probably….)

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The Subjunctive Moods.

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5 . Present Perfect Subjunctive-

{(that) I, you{tú}, he, she, you, we, they (may have} + (Past Participle - understood)

(que) - haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan

6. Plueperfect (imperfect) Subjunctive –

{(that) I, you{tú}, he, she, you, we, they (might have} + (Past Participle-understood)

(-ra form)

(que) -hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran

(-se form)

(que) – hubiese, hubieses, hubiese, hubiésemos, hubieseis, hubiesen

Les daré a Uds. un verbo. Uds. tendrán que seleccionar un “tiempo compuesto” de los que usan “haber”, y usarlo en un frase con el participio pasado del verbo que será escogido hoy.

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El verbo de hoy será; “ understood – Participio Pasado de Entender ”

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Úselo en el “Perfecto de Indicativo”.

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“ conjugación de Haber ”+(Participio Pasado de Entender – understood)

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I will give you a verb. You will have to select a “compound tense” from those that use "haber", and use it in a sentence with the past participle of the verb that will be chosen today.

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Todays verb will be: ( Past Participle of Entender – understood )

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Use it in a “compound tense with “Haber ”

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“ A conjugation of Haber ” + ( Past Participle of Entender – understood )

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Gracias, Viejito! :) - iana01, Sep 10, 2012

Answer 1

Me preguntó algo, y vi que no me había entendido.

He asked me something, and I saw that he hadn't understood me.

In this case, you are using and English expression/coloquialism ( I saw - to substitute for “I understood) Thus, your sentence might have been better written…”Me preguntó algo y entendí que …” Worth a vote, thanks ☺ - - viejito, Sep 10, 2012

Answer 2

If you had read instuctions you would have inderstood how to make that airplane model.

Si hubieras leído los instrucciones, habrías entendido como hacer ese modelo de avión.

For your English studies- Even though you are correct in using “airoplane” the correct spelling is “aeroplane”. And, most companies/people today are switching to the more common usage of “airplane…for all usages”. Thanks, worth a vote. ☺ - viejito, Sep 10, 2012

I trust that your English and Spanish classes are going well? Good luck with both. :) - viejito, Sep 11, 2012

Thanks. - iana01, Sep 12, 2012

Answer 3

Yo te habría entendido mejor si hubieras hablado lentamente.

I would have understood you better if you had spoken slowly.

Thanks, GraceM...:) - viejito, Sep 10, 2012