Coffee Break Spanish

CBS 2.24 | Introducing the perfect tense

Oct 11, 2010
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INSIGHT

Understanding the Perfect Tense

  • The perfect tense expresses actions you "have done," linking past events to the present.
  • It differs from preterite and imperfect tenses by focusing on completed actions relevant now.
ADVICE

Forming Past Participles for -AR Verbs

  • Form the past participle by dropping the infinitive ending and adding -ado for -ar verbs.
  • Practice with verbs like "hablar" becoming "hablado" to create the perfect tense.
ADVICE

Past Participles for -ER and -IR Verbs

  • For -er and -ir verbs, form the past participle by removing the ending and adding -ido.
  • Examples: "comer" becomes "comido," "vivir" becomes "vivido."
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