“Learn Spanish” Lesson and the Past Participle
Posted by Essay Help on June 23, 2009The Past Participle
In this Spanish lesson we will learn the Past Participle and its different uses. Although this lesson is actually briefer than past lessons, the Past Participle is real important if you deprivation to learn how to communicate Spanish. Its formation is quite simple. As in English, the Past Participle in Spanish is a central element in most topics of discussion.
In general, the Past Participle is best appreciated as having 4 distinct uses that include past and present actions, and adjectives. Although this range in usance seems broad, apprehension each particular consume can be learned and applied rather easily with practice.
The Past Participle is rather simple to form. For -ar verbs, an -ado is added to the verb’s cylinder.
For example:
The cylinder of the verb hablar (to communicate) is habl. With this in mind, an -ado is added to habl to form the Past Participle for hablar: hablado.
The formation of the Past Participle for -er and -ir verbs parallel this pattern. However, an -ido is added to the er or ir verb’s cylinder.
For example:
In the case of the verb beber (to drink), its cylinder is beb. An -ido is so added to beb to form its Past Participle: bebido.
Similarly, to form the Past Participle for salir (to go out) an -ido is added to its cylinder, sal. Its Past Participle is: salido.
With the Past Participle’s basic format in mind, what follows are examples of it for both regular and irregular verbs:
Examples of the Regular Past Participle:
Infinitive Past Participle
estar (to be) estado
bailar (to dance) bailado
cenar (to eat supper) cenado
almorzar (to eat lunch) almorzado
desayunar (to eat breakfast) desayunado
limpiar (to clean) limpiado
dar (to give) dado
llorar (to cry) llorado
lloviznar (to drizzle) lloviznado
tener (to have) tenido
creer (to believe) creido
leer (to read) leido
querer (to deprivation, to love) querido
partir (to leave) partido
ir (to go) ido
vivir (to live) vivido
dormir (to kip) dormido
Examples of the Irregular Past Participle:
Infinitive Past Participle
poner (to put) puesto
ver (to accompany) visto
volver (to return) vuelto
resolver (to resolve) resuelto
escribir (to compose) escrito
abrir (to open) abierto
hacer (to make) hecho
satisfacer (to fill) satisfecho
morir (to die) muerto
decir (to have) dicho
cubrir (to cover) cubierto
The 4 main uses of the Past Participle are as follows:
1. The Past Participle is often old in compound tenses with the auxiliary verb haber (to have). We have seen this consume in the Lesson on the Present Perfect Tense. In the Present Perfect Tense the past participle of the condemn’s main verb is added to haber to express a past action that has not completely elapsed.
Let’s briefly review this consume:
Juana ha estado en su cuarto todo el d
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