Spanish tenses lesson 3 Flashcards
present perfect - el preterito perfecto de indicativo
he, has, ha, hemos, han
what is the el preterito perfecto de indicativo used for?
to talk about what someone has done, refers to recent past
examples: yo ya he leido esos libros
past perfect - el preterito pluscuamperfecto de indicativo
había, habías, había, habíamos, habían
what is the preterito pluscuamperfecto de indicativo used to talk about?
used to talk about what someone had done or had happened before another past action, often used with ya
present perfect subjunctive - el preterito perfecto de subjunctivo
haya, hayas, haya. hayamos, hayan
what is el preterito perfecto de sunjunctivo used for?
to talk about what has happened, verbs of doubt, emotion, wishes, or possibility