verb conjugation with "has"
"¿Has comido tus verduras?" The verb "comer" turns into "comido" because of "has"? Is there a rule to know how to conjugate the verbs when "ha" is used? Or is each verb different?
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Here's a mini-grammar lesson:
The Spanish verb haber corresponds to the English "helping verb" to have. Spanish and English both have what are called "Perfect" tenses. In English the perfect tenses are formed with the helping verb to have and the past participle of the verb (eaten in chileno's answer). In Spanish it is the same construction. Most Spanish past participles are regular (but there are a few irregular ones) and are formed by dropping the -ar, -er, or -ir ending on the infinitive and adding -ado (to -ar verbs) and -ido (to -er and -ir verbs).
So on this site you can look up the full conjugations of verbs (click on the word Conjugate on the blue bar) and learn the present and imperfect forms of haber to use with the past participle.
That's about it. The tenses in English are called "present perfect" and "past perfect". In Spanish they are called "pretérito perfecto" and "pluscuamperfecto" respectively.
There are a few more "perfect" forms but just focus on the 2 above until you are more comfortable with the language.
Ok let's see, It seems you are an English native.
Have you eaten your greens/vegetables? el verbo to eat se vuelve "eaten" porque se usa "have"? O es diferente para cada verbo?
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