Learn Spanish Past Participles

Learn Spanish Past Participles

* The past participle construction is another example of compound verb tense.
* Madame Presidente, usted ha hablado
* Madame President, you have spoken.
* past participles end in -ado or -ido
* regular English part particles end in -ed, but English has quite a few irregulars (like spoken.)
* for -ar verbs, remove the 'r' and add 'do.'
amado for -er verbs, remove the 'er' and add 'ido.'
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corrido for -ir verbs, remove the 'r' and add 'do.'
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vivido The verb haber functions as an auxiliary verb for past participle compound structures
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he
has
ha
hemos
habéis
han
* I think any tense of haber can be applied to compound construction that includes a past participle. Some may be more popular than others. I've seen the imperfect (había) used often.
o La sequía había durado ya diez millones de años, y el reinado de los terribles saurios tiempo ha que había terminado.
o The sequoia tree has lasted/endured now ten thousand years, and the reign of the dinosaurs has ended.
o it has been suggesed that 'sequía' might refer to dry season,m rather than a tree, and to translate the last part "the reign of the terrible saurs ended a long time ago."
o La batalla por la existencia había alcanzado un nuevo clímax de ferocidad...
o The battle for existence/survival has reached a new climax of ferocity...

IRREGULAR PAST PARTICIPLES (need to check, added since native speaker review)

abrir abierto to open
componer[65] compuesto to arrange, to compose
cubrir cubierto to cover
decir[57] dicho to say
describir descrito to describe
escribir escrito to write
hacer[60] hecho to do, to make
poner[65] puesto to put
satisfacer[60] satisfecho to satisfy
ver[76] visto to see
volver[24] vuelto to return
* If the infinitive lists a number in brackets (ex: poner shows [65]), then you can go to the page with 500+ irregular verbs and use the number [65] to find similar verbs, which should have the same irregularity to the past particle.
o example: poner -> puesto,
o you can extrapolate disponer -> dispuesto, superponer -> superpuesto, etc.