Help with present perfecto- Ayudarme

Question

If you are writing in the present perfect:

if you have poner, which is irregular in this tense, which is puesto. Would you include the he has ha hemos or han in fornt of it ? hacer is also troubling

por ejemplo, Mamá ha puesto las pilas....???

would han hecho exist/ - theonegrew, Apr 10, 2013

Yes. Han hecho = have made or have done. - brian5764, Apr 10, 2013

ayúdame ;) - Kiwi-Girl, Apr 11, 2013

Answer 1

Yes, theonegrew. For the present perfect tense, in English, you need an auxiliary verb “have” or “has” plus the past participle of a verb.

In Spanish, you’re using a conjugated form of haber, and yes, they’re he, has, ha, hemos, and han plus the past participle form of a verb. For poner, as you’ve already stated, it’s puesto. It’s the same pattern as in English.

So, in both English and Spanish, you have a two-word verb: I have put = he puesto; she has put = ha puesto, etc.

You might also look at the 123 Teach Me conjugation chart for poner. Look at the pattern in the Present Perfect row: Conjugator for Poner.

thanks - theonegrew, Apr 10, 2013