Spanish Formation of the Participles








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Formation of the Participles




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110. The participles are formed
on the present stem.

a. The past participle is formed by adding –ado
in the first conjugation and -ido in
the second and third.
b.The present participle is formed by adding -ando
in the first conjugation and -iendo in
the second and third.

Infinitive Past Participle Present Participle
 
I habl-ar hablado, spoken hablando, speaking
II com-er comido, eaten comiendo, eating
III viv-ir vivido, lived viviendo, living

c. The present participle corresponds, in general, to
the English present participle, and may be used to express progressive
action:

Yo no estoy hablando. I am not talking.
¿Qué estaba diciendo? What was he saying?

111. The Verb haber. Haber,
to have,’ is principally used as an auxiliary verb to form the compound
tenses. It is never used for tener to express possession.
The present indicative of haber is:

he hemos
has habéis
ha, hay han

The past descriptive indicative of haber is regular:

había, habías, etc.

Learn the past absolute of haber, 471.

112. The Present Perfect Tense. The present
perfect tense is formed from the present indicative of haber
and the past participle.

he venido I have come, I came
has venido you have come, you came
ha venido he or she has come,
you have come, etc.
hemos venido we have come, etc.
habéis venido you have come, etc.
han venido they or you have come, etc.

The use of the Spanish present perfect tense corresponds in general
to that of the English present perfect, but it may also be used
for the Spanish past absolute, especially in referring to recent
past action.

Ayer lo ví (or
lo he visto
).
I saw him yesterday.
He comprado dos caballos. I (have) bought two horses.

113. The Past Perfect Indicative. The
past perfect indicative is formed from the past descriptive indicative
of haber and the past participle: había
hablado,
I had spoken; habías hablado, you
had spoken, etc. It corresponds in general to that of the
English past perfect.

Todavía
no había llegado
cuando ví la casa.
I had not yet arrived when
I saw the house
.

a. The second past perfect indicative, formed from the
past absolute of haber and the past participle,
hube hablado, etc., is rarely used except
after conjunctions of time.

Cuando hubo hablado
se sentaron.
When he had spoken,
they sat down.

114. Impersonal Use of haber.
In the infinitive, participle, and third person singular,
haber is used impersonally with the meaning ‘ to
be.’ For ha, hay is used.

Aquí no
hay sillas.
There are no chairs here.
¿Qué había
en la caja?
What was there in the box?
Habrá un concierto. There will be a concert.

115. The past participles of decir, escribir
and ver are irregular: dicho,
escrito, visto.
For other irregular past participles, see
494.

 

 

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SPANISH GRAMMAR
15-16.
Regular Present Indicative Endings of ar, er, ir verbs.
17. Negation.
24-26. Noun.
27. Possession
34. The Articles
42-45. Subject Pronouns
46. Nouns.
53. The Verb.
61-64. Adjectives
70-73. Apocopation of Adjectives
79. Irregular Verbs
80. Idiomatic Expressions
86. Irregular Past Absolute
95-96. The verbs: Ser and Estar
102-104. Future Indicative and Conditional
110-115. Formation Of The Participles
121-125. Idioms with Tener, Deber and Haber
131-133. Irregular Verbs:
139-140. Personal Pronouns
146-148. Two Object Pronouns
154-157. Prepositional Forms As Object Pronouns
163-168. Reflexive Verbs
174-178. Reflexive Verbs (Continued)
184-188. Gustar. Sí and No. Mismo.
194-195. Radical Changing Verbs.
201. Radical Changing Verbs (Continued)
207-211. Inceptive Verbs. Adverbs
216-220. Possessive Adjectives
226-228. Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns
236-239. Relative Pronouns
245-250. Interrogative Adjectives and Pronouns
256-265. Numbers. Numerical Expressions
270-272. Verbs With Orthographic Changes
278-279. The Seasons, Months, Days Of The Week, Etc.



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